Hello everyone the cat decided to jump up here just as we went live According to this thingy here. I am live, and I believe I have volume. Hi, buddy. Hi, buddy Hey, bud. Look, I just don't knock over anything here. That's my water. You have your own water. Hello, everyone Who do we got here? Hello, Joe fan and JLS comics and Sparkster and Michael Mitchell, how do you do? Hello to Rob Vegas And Firefly And Michael and Bart. Hey there testies testies one two Hey Matt, how do you do? It's nice to see Ryan here as well So good evening everyone. How hello there Andrew Andrew the guy's so nice They named him twice jump in general and another Matt. How do you do? Hello Chad nice to see you Nice to see you Thank you for being here Lots of so many things to talk about so many things to talk about Hello chromius and can now how do you do So so many things to talk about and I even still need to I've forgotten about see we were outside We were out on the back patio last Last week last Tuesday so I Didn't even have this with me So I missed out on a chance to open this guy. So we'll open this we'll open this later in the show Hello, Rob air is very nice to see you here.  Hi there Christian bricks Yes, um, we got to talk about Christian bricks is Well his friends discovery hi there Kevin nice to see you Kevin Maley And still gay and stone gate creations and I believe that You're the same Matt. We've got we've got multiple mats. All right. The mats are taking over We'll have we'll be able to have a gym class We'll have so many mats Hi there Terrence nice to see you so I got I got this that I can That I can open later, but before that before that I did I did check the PO box and I have stuff From the PO box a couple things a letter and a box so we will open that first Priorities priorities hello be trained and hey is codename new to very to nice to see you codename new to very to So and hello daredevil Dave and from the hilt And the photo viper. How do you do nice to see you? so I Finally bit the bullet and I got stream yard. So I need to figure out how that works and Use it in the future, especially to have guests on for live streams And codename new to your very to I think is gonna be my first text test subject Not not necessarily for a live stream, but for something Planned for Cobra Convergence 7 so so thank you codename new to very to for being the guinea pig as I Figure out how to work this thing, but it seems pretty intuitive. I think it'll be fine. Hello Keldon. Hello rich Hello, I think I said hello gray Fox either The PO box stuff is all stargate. So it could be I don't know but you know what? I actually completed The Hasbro stargate collection the Hasbro movie line. I actually have all of it And and the variants I have all the variants that I'm aware of It that was it didn't take long And it wasn't expensive the most expensive piece in that line is the winged glider and the winged glider is a really cool vehicle That's the star. That's the prestige item of the line. The rest is really quite Common and expensive. So yeah, I just went ahead and finished it out, you know finish it off So I have I have all of them so yes, hello cyclonus and Anybody else is snuck in here Yes, a stream yard is much simpler than OBS. I'm sure that it is I have no doubt about that So we're going to we're gonna give it a shot and yeah, it does seem pretty Intuitive so I don't think it'll be a problem, but I have needed to to Have more guests on and I need to I need to conduct some interviews congruent to Cobra Convergence 7 so Yeah, I've just I've got it's time. It's well past time for me to to move up to to Streamyard and and code name new to very to gets to be the test subject. So thank you again Thank you. Thank you again. Hello Lester. Hello. Yo, Joe From the Hilt says I've entered the Stargate. I did But I came back. I can't I oh, thank you for the super chat. Josiah.  Not that many it's not a small run and and you know Nobody wants me to sing anyway. So, you know, all I had to do is just open up the Vocal chords open up the the windpipe there and they just got thrown at me Is it it was it was very quick very easy and legitimately though It's a really super easy toy line to collect there are not very many items even if you Add the variants and there are at least a couple Even if you add the variants though, it's still really easy to get so I figured you know I already had most of it. So why not? Hello, GI Gary. Nice to see you Stream already has a quirk or two. We get the hang of it quick. Yeah, that's what I assumed So and that's one of the reasons why I hadn't changed I hadn't switched from what I've been using Just because I know this I know this and I don't have to learn anything. I've done it So doing anything new means I've got to learn something new, but it's time. Like I said, it's time. It's time Rich says Just have to say how great the co-commenter video was of thorough informative well-discussed wealth helping offensive. Thank you Thank you, Rich. I'm really relieved that it did all right. I I was I was concerned about this is a good opportunity to talk about To talk about the most recent video I did a long like documentary long-form X long-form video essay style video about Cobra commander and It's of course I was obviously concerned about it nobody watching it because it is very different from what I usually do so You know it was it was a concern so it's a relief it's a relief that that people have actually watched it so yes wipe the sweat off the brow, but The flip side of that the flip side of that is that It has been flagged for copyrighted content so If you will see ads on that video, but the ad revenue is not going to me. It's going to Hasbro the Hasbro flag a couple clips of the animation and and That's something that I could fight and I feel confident that I would prevail in that I feel like everything I used is squarely, you know, very comfortably within fair use and I could challenge that but I'm not sure it's worth challenging so So I'm not getting any ad revenue from that. So that's kind of a It while it was expected I can't complain Because I knew I was gonna have to use a lot of clips and sometimes longer clips To make this work. So I knew that was gonna happen. I knew it was gonna happen So I can't complain But it's just I don't know that it's something It that's a good question Bart it's a You know, that's a it's a good question But you know, I'm gonna save that because we had a bit of a copyright discussion last week We could we could go into that some more and it is it is an interesting topic There are some misconceptions about copyright But there are also some things that are kind of generally believed to that about copyright that are pretty close to true so It's it's fun, but we are we already discussed copyright a lot So I don't want to go too much into it. All I want to say is that the revenue is not going to me I wish I could just take Ads off of it, but I can't do that. It will run the ads and it will the ad revenue will go to To the copyright holder even though and I don't think they're entitled to it, but Oh, thank you for being here cyclonist have fun at work. Good luck But yeah, it's it's it's a little Again, I don't want to complain. I knew that was gonna happen I knew it was gonna happen, but I wanted to that's that's the video that I wanted to make more or less That is a it's a long video. It's a video that I should have done over a couple months and Planned out really thoroughly and got, you know all the assets together and And I but I didn't have that much time. I put the whole thing together in a week I really did put that thing together within With since the previous video so I did the mutt and junkyard video and then I started working on that one And then it was done in time for early access for For patrons Firefly says do you know if it was flagged by an algorithm or by a person? It was the algorithm. It's content ID. They it's They're just checking it as soon as it's uploaded before it's even public. It'll flag it so Content ID content ID is all it does is find matches Okay, it can't you can't look at the context and see if That use is at a infringement or not. It just looks for matches and I Knew I knew that was gonna be an issue. So again, I'm not complaining about it. It is what it is but a Truck of your asks about what I think about there of the recreated enterprise deep bridge on the last episode of Picard I haven't seen it yet. I will be happy to Give you an assessment after after I've seen it. I have Because I've been trying to get this video done in a fairly short amount of time I haven't done a lot other than that up to the point that it was Done so I've been it's been a little bit active lately, but quite quite busy quite busy. So So that's but it's done right it's done I I do kind of wish I had given myself more time to work on it Hello, Rob Vegas nice to see you He says good day from Sonny Melbourne Good day from the United States. Thank you for being here and sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse nice to see you as well Anyway What was I saying? Yeah, I wish I had given myself more time to work on it, but It's a project that should have gone over maybe a couple months But if I had taken a couple months to work on it Would it have been better? And I think yes a little bit it would have been a little bit better But not two months worth of work better and it would have been it it would have been 95 percent the same and I think the only Things that would have changed were there are a few examples in there that I wanted to That I would have liked to have thrown in Um, but I just didn't have time to get the assets that I needed to put them in I think that I got the point across but I I there were other things that I could have included if I had more time And so it but it would have been 95 the same. So yeah, I could have worked on it for a couple months That certainly would have been easier on me um But uh, but would it have improved the the video? I think it would have been almost exactly the same as the one that you got. So Um, oh, hello woodman 29 there. How do you do? Um, hello Raymond Sheffield Uh, I I was I frankly was not on the pooper. I was here. Oh, you're saying you were you well, that that's okay You know, that's everybody does it another concern that I had of course was that um um In discussing cobra commander, I At least For the video that I wanted to make I did not have any intention It never even was an option to skip the political part of it because it's there I mean, it's it's in the text and the subtext Um, so ignoring that was not going to be an option if I was going to make a video like that.  So You know that that's frowned upon That's difficult to to pull off in a way that doesn't scare off advertisers, but But the thing is that's what it is and um, I didn't want to do this um YouTube content creator thing where you talk about a subject, but you avoid certain words that can, you know Maybe flag you for a demonetization or Um, you know, maybe a topic that's too hot for advertisers Um, I I mean, I just well, I mean, I understand why people do it, but I just don't believe in that If uh, if we're gonna have a discussion about a serious topic and a difficult Topic then we're going to use the words We're gonna we're gonna use the actual words for what they are and we're not gonna dance around it We're not gonna use metaphors. We're gonna if we're talking about fascism. We're gonna talk about fascism and we're gonna say that word um, so That was a concern Um, another concern is like people don't like for you to talk about um, um Politics in general and I and I I understand it makes people uncomfortable and uh What while I sympathize I still didn't feel that ignoring that part of the subject Was appropriate Uh, so of course I was concerned about hostility Um and which by the way if you if you're watching If you are watching a video that's describing the the uh, the traits of fascists And you recognize stuff about that In yourself and you feel attacked by that Um, that is something you should absolutely look into In yourself you should you that I would If I were watching something like that and I saw wow this seems to be he seems to be talking about me I would be a little upset. I I would want to take a long look in the mirror. Um, so Uh, for for anybody who who did feel attacked Okay, um Uh, but but in any way in any rate, um, I I I wanted to address it the way that I saw it and use the terminology as it should be used. Um, at least as close as I could um it To say that it's more Complex than what you can condense into, you know, a 56 minute video is an understatement. Um, all of these um, political ideologies have lots of facets and lots of Justifications and arguments around them and historical data And examples and it's but I can't put all of that in A video in one video about cobra commander. So I tried to I tried to limit it to just What needed to be said and what what I needed to say in order to get the point across so Um, uh, thank you matt. Thank you very much. Um Uh, yeah, I I I appreciate it. I I really wanted to Do something that, um You know, would at least just get get these the thoughts that have had about it, you know on to Into a format that that I could express it. So we've done that uh, and And it didn't tank so thank you I got a new patron out of it. So so again, thank you. Um, I I got a few additional subscribers out of it again Thank you. Um, I did I'm not getting any revenue out of it Which is it kind of sucks because I am dependent on that at the moment So, uh, that it wasn't the most wise financial decision that I've ever made but You know at sometimes You got to do things the right way even if it's Even if it isn't profitable. So that's what we did And and and there we go. There there we go. Um Oh, thank you. Oh, thank you to non rep productions for the super chat to help the loss Add says thank you. That was that's actually incredibly kind. Um Uh, uh non-nef productions that about makes up for it in just one super chat I am I am I am humbled and I thank you. I appreciate it and I I promise I wasn't Asking for for Money and I'm certainly not trying to get sympathy. Uh, I uh, I knew that it was going to be an issue Before I put it up there. I knew that that was going to be an issue and I accepted that but that That helps a lot. Thank you very much for the super chat and thanks to everyone who actually watched it and is Is still here and still around and didn't just, you know, uh, walk away Because of a video that's very different from what I usually do. Uh, thank you, jm Beretta night. Uh, thank you very much Um, and thank you rob. Uh, and hey there rat face. Nice to see you rat face. Um Yes, I am Josiah by choice. I am by choice. It's a long story. We won't go into it But yes by by choice Um, uh, I I got you, uh, uh, uh, kelden absolutely and thank you again for the super chat. Thank you. Josiah and kelden. Uh, you guys, um, are Uh, really fantastic, uh help. I I can't even tell you how much. Um, but you guys have have kept me going You really have uh, it's been a very complicated couple of years But we've got through it and we're still working on it. Uh, we're still chugging so, um How are we doing on time? Uh, so I did I did want to I wanted to talk about the the most recent video I wanted to Get that out there. I want to talk about, uh, cobra conversion seven But I want to save that for like the the last, uh, half of the video. Um, it's tuesday I want to remind everybody one there's new episode of half the battle timmer looks at a, uh, Contest in belgium, uh that gave away a, uh, gi joe defiant, uh Space shuttles of the defiant complex Really interesting. Um, also what's on joe mind is coming after this So, uh, I will not go over so that you can go directly over to what's on joe mind after, uh After this live stream is over so you can catch theirs Normally I get the links for both timmer and for, um, what's on joe mind and put it in the description But I was a little pinched for time But you know where they are. So check out timmer. Check out what's on joe mind. Uh, thank you gray fox for the super chat Thank you also bubble wrap memories for the super chat. Can't much at the top. I really wanted to help you Thank you. Uh, thank you very much. Um, I it It it means a lot and it helps a lot it helps more more than I can tell you it really it really does Um, so oh, and thank you. Josiah.  I'm trying not to I'm trying to Um, the problem is I feel guilty when I ask for Money from people asking people to join patreon is it's one thing. I mean, that's difficult enough Um to ask people to part with their hard-earned money. I can at least give something a little extra for patreon Um, but uh, it's it's it's difficult for me to to ask I just don't like to ask it makes me feel guilty it makes me feel uncomfortable even when it would really help it's still For example, um, when I I took a uh a root 66 road trip with my daughter last summer and I had um Put together a plan by which I would uh pick up souvenirs for People who wanted to support me on the trip. Um, and after I even Um proposed that I I'd reel that back in because I just I didn't want to ask I didn't want to ask people for that. So I'm gonna I'm trying not to do uh a go fund me Um, but uh, but we well I should still be there The hotel is booked. Everything's booked. We're we're going So we should be there and I hope to see everybody and I want to talk more about that I want to talk more about that as we get closer because I'm hoping to see a lot of you guys there And we'll get together. We'll do some fun stuff. It's gonna be a great time. Um Uh, and thank you bubble wrap memories. Um, uh I thank you. Thank you. Um, and um I I hope larry would like it. I really tried to stick to the facts And to like Have direct sources for anything that you know that I that I put in that he said um A lot of it's fairly common knowledge But um, I want you know when you're speaking for somebody else You're using their words. You want to be careful about it. So I really I really tried to be uh accurate, um, when Quoting larry or buzz or or any anybody else. So hopefully, you know, hopefully it's it's acceptable. I hope so Um, but at any rate before we uh go On I I want to talk quite a bit about cobra conversion seven because there's been a lot of development We're getting closer before we do that though. Um before I'm a stand-up journalist. That's that's good Before we do that though, um, I've got I've got these from the po box. I've got a letter um And I've got this box from I believe the same person who sent the boxes previously um, it says open this end So so I have opened this and I haven't I don't know what's in it yet Uh, in fact it's covered up Uh, but we'll we'll check and see what that is. But I've got a letter I'm gonna go ahead and do this because I want to show my appreciation to folks who who sent stuff Thank you. Joe. Sia. I think your fans are okay with that. Go fund me. Um, uh, would like a road trip video. Yeah, I Maybe so maybe so. Um, it's getting kind of late in the game to start one, but I will um, I'll consider it I I I will uh, thank you. Joe fan for the super chat. Mr. S says. Hi. Hello, Mr. S Nice to see you according to your remote man last year. You came right through my town Feel free to stop by um to rest if you like I I I may do that. I may do that Um, we uh, Marianne should be going with me. Uh, that's the plan. Oh, thank you, Ryan Swinney Swinney gas money for Joe Fest. I will need it I will need it. Uh, thank you, uh, Ryan and And thank you for your long support Ryan Swinney's been a supporter for uh, for quite a long time And I and I appreciate it. But again, hello, Mr. S always happy. Uh, that you're here very much so Um, uh, and oh it's and it's kujo. How's how's kujo doing? Nice to see you kujo Wow, that gang is all here. We're having a good Uh, a good crowd. We got a good crowd tonight. That's uh, that's awesome So now before any ad you before any ad you, um Uh and and thank you paul I I do appreciate it and people do seem to want to support and and and that means a lot to me It's just it's something internal in me that it gets triggered When I receive something that I feel like uh, oh, what have I done? Did I make somebody feel bad for me and it's it's a whole cycle? I need I need help is is what it amounts to I need I need And and and I am in fact getting professional help. I'm working on it. I'm working on it. Um, hello, Todd. Thanks for doing that. Um Um Did any multi-level marketing enthusiasts get offended by cobra commander video? Uh, I I can only hope so You know that sometimes it's it's okay for a certain segment to get offended Uh, if you're not offending a certain segment then You might not be doing something right.  We can only we can only hope. Uh, thank you sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse for the super chat Uh, who would have an issue with a go fund me? I um Well, sergeant slaughter slaughterhouse has a go fund me. So this is what I'm talking about I should have grabbed the uh, the links before I started the show. Um, and hey, it's been a while since I have, um, Shared the go fund me. I hope that's going well. I hope that's going well I'll I'll um, I'll I'll make it a point to to look that up. Um, and perhaps you can remind me To share that because I would like to meet um Mr. Slaughterhouse is that is that your real name mr. Slaughterhouse. Hey, it's Marianne. Um Um Uh, Marianne's came in on the mention of a road trip video. Yes. See that's that's what the the public is clamoring for Hey, it's white vegeta speaking of somebody that I met at joe fest. Uh, nice to see you white vegeta. How do you do? um Uh And thank you robert. I I will try to keep that in mind. Uh, thank you. Uh chat Thank you very much chat. Uh, who would have a problem with a go fund me zazel? Yeah But uh zazel, uh mr.  It's nice to see you. I I hope you're doing well I enjoyed the the time that I've spent with you recently and I hope to see you again very soon. Um, so Nice to see you here in our uh in our discussion Um, what's that? Thank you for the super chat. What's on Joe mine?  That he was just here. He's actually taken a nap up on the top of this, uh, this thing here On these shelves. He likes to get up there.  He likes to get in high places Not singing at the moment unless you can account snoring But you know what? It's peaceful in here. He's not knocking anything over. So we'll take it. We'll take it. Um But um, but anyway, so how okay, um Yeah roots. Uh, hello explorie. So yeah, I love root 66. I do I I haven't been done the whole trip But that's a bucket list thing is do a full root 66 trip Um chocolates donuts and grape soda. I actually do have chocolate donuts. I just don't have any grape soda Um Marianne said she says she'd be she'd be down uh for a road trip video. Yeah, I think I think that that would I think that would really do a great job of memorializing memorializing the the experience Of joe fest So anyway, but okay before we go any further I'm I'm good. Um, I want to make sure I have plenty of time to talk about cobra convergence. So I'm going to open First I'm opening this letter. I'm I didn't black out that address because it's my own address Um, but the the sender's address is on the back and I did black that out Um, so I am opening it with a knife, which I should have done before I started the live stream. I do usually Open the mail before I start live because I'd really like to not cut myself Live on a live stream and bleed out in front of you all. I'm trying not to So, uh, yes, um 237 super chat. Yeah, um, okay This is a letter And this is from um Gary I don't know if Gary wants me to use his Uh Last name or not and I also don't know if he wants me to read this aloud or not. So I'm going to Um, read this quietly to myself for a moment. Um, because I don't want to Read aloud anybody's personal information without reading through it first. So I I'll I'll just do that real quick Uh, it's um, let's see a talk amongst yourself from oh, thank you. Hey a comic tropes. Nice to see you. Thank you for being here Peace and love, uh, live long and prosper. Thank you for the super chat. I hope you're well I hope you're doing all right. I know that you're gonna maybe not be able to make it for the live show this time But I'm glad you're here. I'm glad you're here. Uh, thank you for being here. Let me um, Uh, let me review this real quick Um Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm just reading I'm just reading Mm-hmm Okay, uh, no problem. No problem. Uh, okay Okay, okay. Yeah. Yeah, okay Sorry bear with me. It's it's it's it's just one page from back, but it's a little bit long I'm just making sure that I I get through it all. Um Yeah, um, okay, so this is uh, it's an a letter It's about some of the recent Um About some of the recent reviews that I did and thank you very much. Thank you gary for the letter I do keep all of these letters. Um, he makes some points about hawk in it from my hawk uh review so, um Yeah, I I mean I'd have to say that I agree. Um, I uh You know me I could I could do a video about hawk about Is equal to what I could did about cobra commander. There's a lot to say about hawk. There's a lot to say about hawk um, and uh, oh and uh, yes, uh comic tropes in at the hospital getting a scan. Well, thank you for um, for allowing us to be your entertainment while While scanning, um, but uh, yes, we we always, uh, we all wish the best for you Uh, and I will be touching base with you to make sure you're all right. I hope you're well Uh, but thank you very much for the letter gary. I do keep all these letters. Um, if it if it doesn't explicitly say It's okay to read on the air. I usually don't uh, but I give you kind of an idea of what it says But he he has some comments about some of my recent reviews, especially hawk Um, and I I think that his points are quite interesting. So thank you gary. Thank you for writing now I want to open this, uh, which is from I think this is from dio soth. I believe because the address which is not on here anymore Um, uh, Davey says wish you a speedy recovery comic tropes. First of all, thank you for the super chat Dave and second of all, uh, absolutely comic tropes has been um, uh, a Very dear friend for now a number of years, you know for quite a while And uh, we always, you know, want uh, comic tropes. I want chris to be doing well. So So absolutely feel better, you know, uh get scanned Um, I hope they they don't find any anomalies Uh, no cloaked clean on vessels in there Um, so, uh, but we do we do wish you absolutely the best absolutely Um, so, uh, now I will open this this Uh, it says to open at this end. So I did and It has a letter And it says public letter. So this is this is what I mean This says public letter so I can read this and it is from dio soth. Thank you dio soth. Thank you very much It says greetings hcc 78. Thank you Greetings back. I last month had some very large packages, but nothing gi joe. This package fixes that Nothing to fix. I I appreciate all of it I also included included as a gun for the dx nine carry. Um, I Sent you last year. Okay. All right. I know what you want to talk about. Please, uh, or plus another Uh, toy you may like and one for your daughter. Okay. Thank you dio soth for this again I keep all of those letters. Uh, so there's something gi joe in here. What's in the box? Let's see. Let's see. What's in the box? There is packing material There is packing material Well packed always well packed always well packed sir. Um, okay. We I'm good. Look is this one the one for me or is this the one for for audrey? Um, I may I may keep it. It's it's blue. I like blue You know, and I just because I'm a man doesn't mean I don't like fuzzy soft things Um, so we'll see maybe Maybe audrey will get it, but it's awfully cuddly. So I may want to keep it Um, so, uh, let's see. We've got more packing material. Um, and hey Whoa, dude. So yeah, this is um Hold on. This is it's a he-man and I I can't say what series it's from Because I I'm I'm not well versed in human action figures, uh, but uh But but there he is. Um, oh, thank you, dave for the soup chat a new cobra commander video is fantastic Thank you very much and you are fantastic, sir. Yes, you are. Thank you very much. Thank you um, so, uh, obviously they they copied my physique For this, um, I you know, they really should have gotten my permission before using my likeness for this figure, um, but but it's it's fine.  Uh, this is that this is the true selfie figure This is the true selfie figure. Um, so, uh, so thank you for that Let's see what else we've got in here. We've got it's well packed. It is well packed on here's the gi joe thing Um, oh cool Oh, cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. Cool. So this, um, it's got some pieces in here and I don't want to lose them but um But check that out This is the modern retro o ring duke From the retro series With all the languages on the file card on the back. This is intriguing. I I have a couple of the, um The retro o ring figures But I did not have duke. Thank you very much. Uh for this. This is awesome Um, and they did they did a retro, uh, cobra commander as well. Um, which I I mean I have the one that came with the sky striker But I don't have the the other one. So that's awesome. That's really cool. And in addition to that, there are some things in here that appear to be from the Uh Well, no, this is this looks vintage that looks like a vintage duke backpack um And then we've got um a couple things that I believe are from the, um The retro Four inch, you know modern one, uh, which includes, um which includes the binoculars and, uh Well, that's not a modern figure stand. So this these must go to uh to the o ring because it has the pegs for the Uh for this size figure, but uh, but at any rate, so this is cool And um, I'll you know next next week next week. I will open this Before I open Gung-ho. So, uh, I think I'll I'll open this and share it with everyone before I open and then I'll open Gung-ho But before we do either of those things first of all, thank you dyosoft. Thank you for your Dyosoft. Thank you for your support. Your support has been very much appreciated Thank you to everyone who who send stuff But thank you to those who don't send anything either. You of course you do not need to Uh send anything. Uh, I appreciate you just being here We've been doing this for a long time now. Oh, hey, it is haunt. Hi haunts. Hi haunts. How are you? Nice to see you. It's always nice to see uh haunts in here Uh, a pleasant good evening to you as well. Um, so, uh, hey, and it's peg warmers Wow, it is an all-star cast in here, uh this evening. Uh, hello wwg 85 Thank you very much for being here. I would like to spend the Last about 20 minutes Of this video talking about cobra convergence seven Because uh, we made some progress.  Isn't it's the most honest face you've ever seen Honest as the day is long. Trust me. Well, we'll get to him Well, well, we'll get to him. I winked with the wrong eye. Anyway, um, so, um, cobra convergence seven um Orin Pax says hi from uh, tony in, uh, kentucky. Hello kentucky from the united states. Thanks for being here Thank you very much for being here. Um, I want to talk, uh, okay, so For those, I think most of you are in the know and know what cobra convergence is cobra convergence is the annual collaborative fan event that we do um, uh Comic trove says the hospital is right next to walmart dairy checker for gi joe. You know what? Yes I think you should Because no matter how it turns out if you find something it'll still make you feel at least a little better I I think that's um, I think that's an excellent idea. I think that's an excellent idea. Um, so, uh So, yeah, we we've been doing this for a few years now We skipped one year, but but timmer actually kept it alive. Timmer did an event Uh in the gap year when when I wasn't around So thank you timmer, uh for for keeping the spirit alive I'm very grateful about that, but we're in the the seventh organized year of cobra convergence and We have almost, uh, I mean we have a roster, but it's not I don't think it's quite set in stone yet um what I would like to One thing that I always regret After every event every year is that there's always somebody That should have been brought in that should have been invited But for whatever reason I overlooked that person somebody who's in the gi joe fan community Somebody who's doing something creative who's doing something To contribute and who should be a featured presenter and I with on it And every year I'm like, okay next year. I want to make sure that person is in but I'm trying to not Do that. Um, so I've tried to Invite everyone that I know wanted to be in But um, if you are listening to me if if you're with that within the sound Of my voice and you are a gi joe fan creator Uh, thank you, Dave. Uh, cober toxo lab review for cobra convergence seven intriguing idea intriguing idea Um intriguing idea Intriguing idea there's there I'm sorry I know i'm getting sidetracked, but there's the toxo lab sparks some ideas like I don't know if I'll do it for cobra convergence seven, but I'll definitely do it at some point and I think we're gonna have a lot of fun with that. I really do um If you Are someone who was expecting to be invited to cobra convergence seven or wanted to be or Should be because you are, you know active and contributing something and would like to be involved Please send me a private message on one of the social medias um, or you know To my email address and and just ping me because I am trying my best to avoid Missing somebody who really ought to be included. Um, awesome. Oh comic tropes, uh says he got his costume, uh for So that he can participate. Yes, I I gotta That's gonna be special That's gonna be that that'll be special that'll be special But yeah, I don't I don't want to leave out anybody who expects to be in who wants to be in who should be in And and by the way, uh, I'm asking for for those for people to contact me if they want to be in um There you can always make suggestions For other people that you think ought to be invited, but um If there are names that you think of that of people who you think We ought to invite that may have been somebody who has already been asked Or didn't get back or declined or whatever and I don't want to I don't want to Like put out a list of you know people who, uh, chose not to be and I don't want I don't want any like Uh judgments to be passed on anybody for for not participating. It's a voluntary thing. It's a totally voluntary thing So I I'm not gonna say I'm I won't say hey, you know, it's a nice idea, but this person didn't want to do it um But if you but if you would like to suggest your own content your own presence youtube channel podcast Whatever you do that's out there at the at the it's it's in the public You have you know a brand and a presence and you're creating something related to gi jo um You you can do anything for co-convergence right at all Hans asks can you can do anything for convergence right anything at all? Well within reason, um Of course, we try to make it cobra related, but that that's a That's that can be stretched a Cobra is connected with the gi jo universe in many ways So, um, it's cobra But it doesn't necessarily have to be All cobra, you know what I'm saying people have been very creative very creative about how to um How to present something for cobra convergence? But has a broader reach outside of cobra in the gi jo universe Um, we will have a theme. We'll announce that at some point in the future. We do have a theme participants can Stick to the theme or not That is also voluntary um Hans says animation, uh Don't do the moving thing not anymore at least. Um, uh Yeah, so like Submitting animation.  I don't know. Um, who you would base that on that would be A challenge. It's it's really nice to see marianne in here. It's it's really lovely to see you Thank you for being here very very very nice. Well, well, I'll hit you up. We'll talk after After this is over. I've missed you. I really have um But uh, yeah, you the the theme we will release a theme But first of all the theme can be interpreted in many surprisingly different ways uh, and um And you don't have to stick to the theme if that's not what you Want to do. Uh, we we want to have we want the theme to spark creativity Not be a hindrance for something somebody wants to do. Um, so, uh I want you to write a theme Um, who asked about the toy master? WWJD 85 says well a toy master make an appearance, you know Uh, the toy master that's that was my friend landon. Uh, and he was a really good sport A really good sport playing the toy master Uh for uh for those episodes I had you know, I um it if Creatively it felt like the right thing to do. I'm sure he would do it again um Thank you. I know landon's not watching right now, but uh, but thank you Like I can send him a message and say thanks again. Um Need to practice your aim. Yes. I'll I will I'll uh, I'll work on that I'll take I'll take a few extra shots, you know, I'll I'll I'll I'll zero in on Thank you for the super chat. Josiah, uh, will you have free time? While you have free time would love to see a go fund me for a road trip video, uh from Toy base 10 to toy man show, uh to kokomo toys to visit the is there The iris airy house that's a Um, I have not Uh been to kokomo toys. I know that I need to go. Um, uh Um, yes, the fans want to see a road they are demanding and road tripping. You know what? I really really love to travel. That is a fact and I have not been able to travel very much Uh Really any this year Last year I took like two Uh Three I took three long trips. That was awesome Uh the year before that I think I had two two long trips. That was awesome This year. I haven't yet Um, and yeah, I I agree. I think I think it's time for a road trip video Um, and um, I I will strongly consider doing a go fund me. I wasn't going to I I do admit it would help but I'll I'll I'll will Mary Ann and I will we'll discuss it. We'll have a a deep You know philosophical discussion about it and and I'll see if I can do that. I will uh, sincerely Um, uh, I'll sincerely think about it.  So that um, I would be down for that too Um, and I think it would have to be, you know Both of us it would have to both go Somebody's got to like operate the camera and be in somebody's got to be the director. All right I I am the boss in the tv star Uh, but somebody's got to be the director in other words the real boss Um, so that's I think we we we got we would have to go together. We would have to go together Um, but uh, yes, um Just briefly refocusing on cobra convergence seven Um, there should be like a teaser video at at some point in the near future Um, the the roster of participants should go up a little bit after that um But I'm trying not to miss anybody So, um, if there's anybody that I should have invited and didn't first of all, I take responsibility for that It is my fault if I forgot I apologize But I am uh, I've I've reached out all the social medias. I posted on the social medias and I'm saying it here um, if I've missed you and Uh, especially especially if it's something that you've done before if you've been a previous participant Um, and or if it's something that we've talked about And I neglected to Reach out to you. Please reach out to me because I do not want to leave behind anybody who Shouldn't be left behind. So, um, so please do please do That I think that's the main thing I wanted to say about cobra convergence seven. There's a lot more There's a lot lot lot more coming up. We are Really trying to put this together and uh and make it a good one. I I've been slow For a lot of reasons. I've been slow. I really ought to be further along Than I am. Oh, hello jk siege. Nice to see you. Thank you very much I do remember unboxing the 12 inch desk drawer. I do that very much. Hey, hey, Dave brown. Nice to see you Dave brown Thank you for being here. Um Uh Benny says we got the joe show in june and so cal. I've seen that advertised I'd love to go to that too. It's actually been a really long time since I've been to southern california Um, and I'd love to go back And it's been a long time Since I've been to southern california. I like southern california Um, I would I would go to that if I could I don't know if I can make it to that one. However, however, however I am thinking of going to the uh dfw gi joe and toy show that is Uh in june, and I think it's after we get back from joe fest um Ron rudat is supposed to be there and I would like to see ron um, and I believe pixel dan is going to be there and um, I missed the opportunity to say hello to pixel dan when Joe when joe con was in springfield illinois with where he lives and he was there And I just totally whipped on the idea of actually, you know Meeting him and saying hi Like I didn't think of it, you know, it was a very crowded But I could have found him and I could have said hi, but um, but I'm thinking very, uh, seriously, uh, hopefully and hopefully, um Marianne will go with me. We've talked about that already. I already asked her if she's busy that weekend But the dfw show I may I mean I'm seriously going to try to make that I'd really love to see ron again and it seems like uh ron is not going to be at, uh, joe fest So if he's not going to be there, maybe I can at least go and see him, uh in the dallas area Uh peg warmer says pixel dan is a super nice guy. That's what I've heard. I've heard really nothing good Nothing but good. Oh, wow. That's a way to start a rumor. I've heard nothing good about pixel dan No, the opposite. I've heard but nothing but good about pixel dan Um, and I'd love to yeah, I believe it was the 24th. That's right. Marianne. I believe it was the 24th um, and um, I I just Like marianne says she's always always down for a road trip. I'm always down for a road trip I just need the opportunity and you know the time and the Other things you need for a road trip, but I love I love taking road trips. Um, so uh, so yeah, that would be That would be pretty cool. Um Cometrope says let's drive to denver someday, you know, I like denver too You know, I and it's been even longer since I've been to denver Um, uh, the let's see joe joe con was in loveland, colorado Which is if I recall correctly a little bit north of denver. So when I went there I went near denver But not actually to denver. I have been to denver, but it's been a very long time. I like denver too I like denver too. Um So, uh, yeah, well, let's let's plan to do that. Oh, we got five minutes. I do not want to go over time I do not want to go over time because what's on joe mind is has their show going starting here in In about four minutes now. So i'm not going to go over time. Everybody can can uh Roll on over to uh, what's on joe mind? Uh, jeff says hcc and pixel dan beef incoming. That's right That's why it does cue the controversy cue the outrage um headline hooded cobra commander insults pixel dan says nothing good about him Um, not true. Not see this is how rumors get started This is how rumors get started. Um, I got pixel dan by all accounts seems like a really really cool guy um, but um Uh, yes a great vio texas convention center. Uh, uh, chad is correct. Yes, he is. Um, in fact, I looked that up Uh, a little while ago just to make sure that I was correct about the dates and all of that um, but um Yeah, I'd like to go see um ron rudat. I'd like to get another print from him. I'm sorry I'm I'm getting a collection now of ron rudat art prints So, uh, I'll I'll add something to the uh, to the collection. Um Season season of the beef But uh, uh, uh, but yeah barst steel uh, bart uh sealers from pittsburgh. Maybe you'll uh Something about the stealers. Yes, uh bart, uh Bart is from uh From pittsburgh and you know, I got I got no problem with the stealers Um, oh gi joe stealer, of course You know the the the second highest ranking officer in 1982 Um, but I got no problem with the stealers stealers. I've had a good team for a long time Um, uh, oh christian bricks. Oh my gosh. I didn't talk about that. So, uh christians friend found Uh, somehow a rare Um zap head 1982 zap head But with the mustache now this these zap heads are extremely rare. They are genuine. It's not a custom um, it's a um in about 1984 hasbro was considering Releasing the uh the 1982 figures, but since in 1982 they reused a bunch of heads They were thinking of doing new head sculpts and zap was going to have a mustache They ended up Not doing that. They didn't uh, may they didn't produce that line, but they did Make a few sales samples That have been They were discovered just a few years ago. Um, a few carded examples including a new head of breaker a new head of short fuse and a new head of zap new head sculpts individual head sculpts um But the here's one A zap head it is from one of those it's got to be from one of those sales samples. It's not a custom But it's a mustache zap head Um, but it's it's in it's in denmark for some reason How did it get there? I have no I this has a story behind it And I would like to know what it is this Shall um this warrants further investigation which we shall which we shall I will dispatch our reporter on the scene but for now Uh, thank you for reminding me christian bricks. I'm so sorry. I almost missed that extremely important topic. That's like That's a big deal. That's a big deal Um, I showed that to mary Ann. She was sitting right next to me. He's like look at this and she's like He's got a mustache and like yes. I know You know, but but for us, it's a big deal. Uh, but for for now though, uh for now though, um Uh, yeah, that's right. The short fuse uh head did not have glasses That's kind of a surprise if he had glasses. He would have matched his comic book appearance um But they didn't go that way but but uh for now it is um Uh, it's it's eight o'clock by my time. I've got a wrap up what's on joe mind Is starting is probably already started So i'm gonna let you guys roll over there and what's on watch what's on joe mind I will see you all next week. Um, I'm I am taking the week off for doing a regular review But I'll get started on next week's review and I will catch you all later. So thanks for watching


Hello and welcome to Newsclick. We are going to discuss today the recent G20 summit and whether G20 has any relevance today. We have with us Rajat Nag, formerly of ADB and who is a, what shall we say, a global roving consultant on various issues. Rajat, good to have you with us. Good to be back. You have been with us an number of times earlier. I remember once itself of G20. Exactly. G20 was set up for essentially looking at economic issues and there was some suggestion if the globe really wants a setting of this kind. Why don't they set up an economic affairs committee under the United Nations? But this was really created as an informal club of the powerful. Does it have any relevance today? As a matter of fact, I think it has got even more relevance, particularly since we have got one key member of that group who doesn't believe in it. Because the issues for which it was set up, as you said, are really in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. But the issues actually started with the N90s East Asian crisis. But it really didn't become G20 then. But it really sort of came to the fore during that 2008 financial crisis. And I think proved it's worth. But to go back to your question, I think G20 in a way is probably even more relevant. And I think one should look at what would have happened if it went there. The same question one asks about the UN. I mean, UN with all its problems, would the world be better without it? And the answer is no. So same with G20. But I think what G20 needs to think through, that it should not be seen just as the symbol of globalization. It should really start, as we were talking just before this show, what are the issues on globalization? Winners and losers, the incidence of benefits and costs, and who's going to compensate the losers? I think we probably assumed a few things away and made some heroic assumptions along the way. And those are the things which need to be thought through more with the rise of populism on the one side and the issues of globalization on the other. I'm going to play the devil's advocate here and say there was never an honest intention of getting countries to come together in 2008, 1990, and 1990's East Asian crisis. But really to see, well, the rich and economically powerful countries, particularly the western ones after the fall of Soviet Union, decided that they need to induct other middle ranking players, also emerging economies, and see whether they could put the burden of the crisis on them as well. 2008 was really a crisis of the western banking system, if you will. It wasn't a global crisis in that sense, because that was the core financial part of the global economic order. That of course had its impact on others as well. But it was really the western banks which were in a crisis. Now, what do we have to do with it? When you talk about the kinds of things you were saying, because in this 20, bulk of the countries who really got the worst of the globalization shall be, say, burdens, when you talk about the who has benefited, who has lost, the ones who have lost and not in the G20, by and large. By and large, what you have is the emerging economies as they are called, and there also is very selective. Saudi Arabia is there, Iran isn't there, Indonesia is there, Malaysia is not there. So in fact, even that was apparently decided in one meeting in which Germany, United States and a few others ticked some names and unticked certain other names and called it the G20. So why should this be the body and not a special body of the United Nations, say, which discusses these issues? And I'll tell you why I'm saying this, because United Nations, every country has a role. In G20, it's by invitation only, and who decides the invitation? As always, we have brought in too many points to respond to in any particular order, but I think the important thing is to be practical about it. Yes, you could certainly have the UN format with everybody having a vote, but then we know what happens, nothing. Okay, so when G20 was formed, it was basically as a follow on of the G8 or the G7, really G7 plus 1, and the feeling was... Which Russia had kicked out, so therefore, back to... But the point then was that the G8 increasingly recognized that they could sit and talk, but the countries which really mattered, the emerging economies, China being obviously one of them, India being the other, Indonesia, some of the important countries either in terms of the economies or in terms of population or both went there. So you have to expand it to make it a more meaningful dialogue. So yes, now how do you decide who will be in, who will not be in? But I think in an imperfect world is the best that could happen, and yeah, it can certainly be improved and it can certainly be expanded, but you've got to make sure that you don't expand to the point of becoming again a debating society. Now in the 2008-2009 crisis, and I happen to have been involved a bit on the side, I think that was the best part of the G20 format. The cause of the financial crisis I'm not getting into, this is not the place to discuss that, we've discussed it before, but I think G20 forum at that time actually took some fairly hard decisions, which made sure that the situation didn't get worse, at least we didn't have a global stabilize and all that, and obviously China I think was the country which really pulled its weight much more than others. But let me make a slightly larger point. The issue is countries like China, countries like India, are beneficiaries of globalization, but they also have to bear the burden of globalization. So you can't sort of, you know, say that you're going to be a part of the larger global scene and not take responsibility, excuse me. You can't sort of say you want to be part of a multipolar Asia, multipolar world and not be part of the dialogue. So for me, the important thing about the G20, and that's why I think it's even more relevant, because the issues coming out of globalization, the pluses and the minuses, actually have been exacerbated over the last few years. And they need to be discussed, debated, if not resolved. And G20 to me, imperfect as it is, is still a better forum than any others we have. At the moment. At the moment. And if you expand it to bring in other constituencies, it will become more representative. And I think there's a lot of merit in that. But my question will be, will it be workable? So we have got to think it through. I mean, I'm not an abashed supporter of G20. But what I'm saying is that we still need the international forums, which can dialogue all of this, particularly because you have a particular for a person who doesn't believe in it. That's where the others have to rally around to make it to make it work. We will come to this point, which you have raised now twice, right, that we have a person. And let's be very clear. This is the person who leads the most powerful military force on the world economy and the economy. As of date, it also controls the global financial architecture, because the dollar is the one which underpins a global financial system. Now, I specifically do not want to use the word economic, because I think what the United States has preponderance of is military and financial power. Economically, I think it's relatively weaker than what the financial and the military power is. But nevertheless, what you said, Trump, its president does not believe in the global system. What does he believe in? Does he just believe in that the United States of rich should run and every other country in the world should accept its neocolonial status? My feeling is that if it were that, at least we would know what he believes in. And then, you play your game theory options. But my own feeling is that even that is not very sure. So I really can't answer that question. I think Mr. Trump sort of believes in what he believes in at that moment. So therefore, it becomes very difficult to predict the response mapping that you would do. So for example, you're talking about this trade war, we're talking about issues with what's going to happen with India being off the list of the GSPs or sort of exempted for one doesn't know. And this is why, again, be it the EU, be it the G20, be it other WTO, for example, I think the other international organizations become even more important rather than sort of saying, look, we don't know what's going to happen. Therefore, we fold and go home. We had discussed earlier that WTO is currently the Moribund state. Because the dispute settlement body is not functional because the United States refuses to pass any candidate who would allow this body to have the numbers. WTO, the Paris climate accord, I mean, you name it, I mean, the issues, the public good issues of the global world. I would say the climate change, unfortunately, the United States is exactly the same record whether it's Trump or before. That's not quite so. It's much worse now. I'm going to give you the example. Kyoto Protocol, the United States was the one who was fully a party to this negotiation, never ratified. No, that's true. And it never really accepted it. Then when it came to the climate change discussions later in the Paris, they said, we have to start from 2000 something. We do not start with 1992 because we never signed it. So there is a longer, shall we say, history of the United States negotiating agreements, like in some others, and never finally ratified. That's true. And the Kyoto Protocol was not ratified by the U.S. Senate. That's all true. But it became much worse when Mr. Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord. Because it was a bigger environmental crisis. But you see, the issue now with the U.S. and therefore the counter to that of international fora is that previously, and what you say about their position on the climate, and many others is true, at least you knew what was happening. And you knew that, okay, the administration supported, but maybe they didn't have the political mandate back home with the Senate or the House. Now even that is very uncertain. So that is what I mean.  Well, as I said, I have, as I say, a much larger issue that when the president of Iran or their leader, spiritual leader, Khomeini says the U.S. is not treaty capable, that this treaty in capability is not with respect to the JCPOA agreement or the climate change agreement. In fact, it has become a kind of pattern of the United States exceptionalism. And they seem to, while it might be argued that the Democrats will negotiate and the Republicans repudiate the agreement. As for the rest of the world is U.S. agrees and then kicks the whole agreement into the dustbin. So that seems to be the pattern there. But coming out on the issue of Trump, Trump is a particularly shall we say malignant influence on the global order, because he says we anything that we that that has to be done has to be done based on what I say. And as you said, quite often he disagrees with himself. Right, absolutely. And do you think that in this situation that Trump's position allows any global debate? And if it doesn't, then are we better off now thinking of a world order in which the biggest and the most powerful part should be regarded as a rogue state? And therefore we have to negotiate without them? No, no, that's not realistic. Neither you nor I have a vote in the U.S. election. So we'll have to accept whatever that process throws up. I think what we have to recognize is that the global order is too important to sort of let go just because you have got a particular person in the White House. At the same time, that particular person in the White House is the president of the United States and we have to just deal with it. So in a way, we would be handing the U.S. victory, particularly this administration, if we do what I know you don't believe what you're saying is that, okay, should we just sort of wrap this all up and throw them out of the game and play our own? Because that is also not possible because of the facts you mentioned. U.S. is the world's largest economy, though it'll soon be taken over by China. But still it'll be in the top three for the foreseeable future, financial power, absolutely, military power, even more so, etc. So I think what we, the rest of the world have to do is actually be even more committed to the process of globalization. But recognize that there are winners and losers and we, we the globalists of the rest of the world, I think have been a bit blasé about it. We've just said because the benefits are so obvious, what's the debate about it? It's only the details about how the redistribution takes place. So I think we need to have a much more intense conversation at a larger forum and not speak in our own echo chambers. I mean, that's what we tend to do. I mean, and myself included, I'm actually much more comfortable talking to my colleagues who believe in globalization and I don't talk to those who don't. But nothing that has happened in the last few years, and this is not just with Mr Trump even before, has made the point that globalization is not good. It is better than not, but it is not as harmless as some of us, maybe myself included, had painted to be. Maybe we had said this was the panacea and I think we were wrong in that. We have to recognize that there are costs and benefits and they're asymmetrical. People who benefit are few, people, sorry, the other way around, people who benefit are many, but the people who bear the costs are few, but those few have to be recognized as being real and somehow compensated or brought into the dialogue. Let's put it this way, Rajat, this few and many, the period from 1990 to today seems to show that the gap between the rich and poor have grown far more. And if 1% has gained far more of the increase in wealth, shall we say as the wealth increase goes into shares of who has gained what, the bottom 25 to 30% seems to have gained very little of the increased wealth. So therefore, when you talk about many and few, I think I would like to reverse the same, but that's a matter of detail what you mean by many and few. But to see two points here, it's not that the many are just a bit more than few. I mean, at the order of magnitude, as you say, it's very true. But the important point also is that there has been globally an increase in incomes. There has been globally a reduction in poverty. There has been globally an improvement in social indicators, no doubt about that. But inequality has risen. But we have to recognize that even if the world economy has grown and everybody has benefited, there are some in every country, including in the US, who have not. And that is how Mr. Trump actually won his way to the White House. I mean, he did win because there were people who felt done in by the process of globalization. Also, I think it's important to recognize that people think the future doesn't look very good. That's right. That's a very important point. Said we can discuss the beneficiaries and losers of the globalization process another day. But what is important for me in this particular case, I don't see that Trump is a person or US, if you look at the presidential election as addressing any of these issues. In fact, what they're arguing for at the moment is that shall we say, US can impose its will to what extent.  You know, you should have actually gone to war. You can say they're taunting him. But you can also say there is a strong constituency for war. And some of the pictures are very frightening. There was a whole poll which was taken about duking North Korea. And as many as 70% of the Americans are not adverse to duking North Korea. So how do you deal with the country and its president who at the moment is not debating the issue that you are, but who is actually in a completely different wavelength? True. But what would be worse if we don't talk at all? That's my point. They may not agree with what we're saying. But my basic point is that that's what we have got. That's the reality. If that's the number of people or percentage of people in the US who feel that way, we've got to deal with it because they also happen to be the world's most powerful sort of financial system, economy at the moment, military otherwise. And this is why my basic point is that the rest of the world has to marshal its arguments much more coherently and do it much more also, I think, sensitively. Because maybe, you know, as I said, we're all assumed the good things will take care of the not so good things. And it obviously didn't. And that's why not just US, maybe we're focusing only on the US for obvious reasons. But the rise of populism, and Brexit, issues in all over the world is also arising, including in India, is arising because there are people who feel left out. And they have, I think, not always, but in many cases, a justification. So the economic goodies didn't come to them as much as they thought they would. And they're basically saying, so what did we get out of it? And the anger is being channelized by Trump, Oluwane, Boris Johnson. Exactly. So, so there are Mr Modi. So, so the anger which is being channelized is one. But the fact that there is anger is a fact. And that's what we need to address. And I think in one sense, I'm basically saying me a culpa, because I'm saying that, look, maybe we just were too blasé about the benefits and said it'll it'll make its own case. And it didn't. So what you're saying is we have to engage with what Hillary Clinton called the deplorables, shall we say, in a very unfortunate choice of words, but he has absolutely electorally disastrous. Absolutely. I think there was an intellectual arrogance about global globalists, which, you know, hasn't stood as well. And that while doing it, we should also, and this is to the globalist, need to think about that all boats do not lift, shall we say, equally. That's right. And some do not get of the ground at all. Absolutely. I couldn't agree more with you. And Trump rising tide does not always lift all boats. All boats. And Trump is the consequence of this, shall we say, blinkered vision of the court and court. Because I think in one session with you, maybe I'd use this, that rising tide doesn't lift all boats. If some boats have holes in their hulls, and we've got to take some special care for those boats, and maybe we didn't, and maybe we just assumed it'll happen automatically. And maybe it wasn't really a tide. So we can think about all of these issues, maybe some other time. But what you're saying is G20 is better than nothing. And therefore we need to engage with it, in spite of, shall we say, the current occupant of the White House. Absolutely. Thank you very much, Rajat, for being with us. Pleasure. And for this, shall we say, discussion, which has many dimensions, which we'll probably discuss other days. Thank you. Thank you for watching NewsClick. Do keep watching NewsClick and do visit our website.


So let me just kind of clear up some things here going forward, you know, will is gonna be our quarterback We think that's the best opportunity for our football team right now Ryan will progress through here this week I think and and hopeful to be a backup for us and prepare as a starter Welcome to the bet MGM studio and the Mike Vrabel show presented by seat geek I'm Mike Keith with the head coach and you saw Mike Vrabel's press conference from earlier today where he announced that Will Leavis is the Tennessee Titans starting quarterback After Pittsburgh you said we'll tell you something on Tuesday. You held to that Why was this the right day to announce Will Leavis as the starter? Well, I gave us the weekend to kind of think about some things and look at what we want to do going forward and You know who we want to do it with and also You know that early in the week and just so that we can you know Keep moving on and and keep progressing and find a way to prepare to to beat Tampa Bay in certain situations It's been held that information for maybe a competitive advantage Why did you decide against that and to go ahead and make the announcement public? Well, I just felt like for for everybody involved and so that we can move past it and you know just You know make it clean and you know again, I don't know. Yeah, I mean hold it and It's the decision I made Yeah, I mean it's hard to hold it in this day and time nobody's trying I mean we're just made a decision and went with it and felt like you know Hopefully now the the focus can be on our preparation and and how how do we find a way to win a game on the road? You had an extra day today. What did you guys get done on the practice field? Well try to get out get moving around I thought the conditioning was good. I thought Just some football movements individual stuff and then they were able to run a bunch of plays That hopefully can can jump start us here into the preparation tomorrow at Tampa Bay is the opponent this week Tomorrow the normal preparation week begins just as per usual Yeah, man, and we just were able to use today as you know getting a jump start on personnel And what we feel like are gonna be the keys and You know as many looks as they give us on defense it'll be Critical and then we'll have to tighten some things up on defense and special teams All right, the Mike Raebel six-pack presented by seat geek some of the best offensive plays from Thursday night in Pittsburgh Start off with a first in 23 at your own five 29 yards to Deandre hop. Yeah hop does a good job of getting inside the back or a wrapping in there behind them Well, well place ball good protection there in our own end zone They're putting that out in a spot where hop and love how he catches that out in front of his eyes You know those little things that that make me happy And then able to to get us a good gain in the middle of the field and try to get that drive started Deandre Hopkins four catches 60 yards in the ball game Nick Westbrook a Kine had just one catch in the ball game But it was a big one as it goes for 23 yards Yep third and long and these are critical and you know will is able to to fight off the little bit of the pressure and deliver the football there to Nick off his back foot so Would like to try to stay out of those situations But you know, it's a good job of finding Nick down there uncovered and you know He's able to secure to catch and keep the chains moving for us in the two games last week Kyle Phillips had seven catches for 92 yards including four for 68 at Pittsburgh Here's one for 24 yards at the end of the first half. Yeah, it does a nice job But just working his way down the seam and being available and you know, these are opportunities here that Happened really quick in two minute and again. He comes back later in this drive and and does some nice things as well but You know, it's good to see Kyle be able to continue to help us You know clean pocket and we're gonna be able to throw the football Protection overall for sacks on the night, but there were some good opportunities to throw their work And I mean, I think that you're gonna You know, they give give them a lot of credit, you know that for past Russian and you get in that two-minute mode Or you get into some some passing situations or Yeah, you hold the ball for a second whatever it may be But I felt like there were some good opportunities that you know We were able to progress through and find guys down the field All right Let's take a look at this screen pass which turned out to be an excellent play for the Titans Let us under pressure, but he finds Derek in yeah And I think sometimes those are the best screens are the ones that look like they're gonna be a sack and you get guys Russian Derek does a great job of securing that football Up in the air and you know, we're close, you know, and I hate to always say that but you know, we've gotten Derek Going and so we'll take our chances here and hopefully we're trying to finish on the second level and get those blocks that can that can spring them Close on a couple runs and then I'm confident that that those are gonna be home runs here soon So the completion to Henry for 23 later in the ballgame the Titans are backed up in a situation where the stadium was Absolutely going crazy coming out of a timeout big completion to trailing Berks to quiet him down Yeah, and you talk about the protection and there's an ability to get trailing all the way over on the other side For a nice game for an ex-play Backed up there in our own end zone, you know, you could see as long as we got a good clean pocket Trailing progresses all the way through clears the underneath coverage and will gives him something to catch How is trailing doing right now Mike? Well, he's still in protocol. So I would say that that's not great all in all again under the circumstances. I would say that he's doing okay, considering what what we all saw so Still working his way through protocol and you know, he'll take his time and his pace and however he responds He responds last play we're gonna show comes from the last drive of the ballgame for the Titans Seems like every catch Chris Moore makes is a big play. This one certainly was for 29 yards Yeah, and hopefully, you know, Chris will get some more opportunities this week But but again good opportunity right there going up catching the football and getting us a big big chunk there to Give us a chance there at the end. Chris Moore is just a guy who knows how to play football regardless of what you ask Yeah, and on a short week I mean he went home his wife had a baby came back and they're really proud of you know His ability to handle things away from here and his his family which is so so important to all of us And then coming back here being ready to go In Pittsburgh did have some good chunk plays offensively I know didn't finish the way you wanted on certain drives But those make driving the football easy when you could pick up or easier when you could pick up 25 21 23 yardage like that Yeah, I mean as long as we can continue to stay balanced and run the football I think those opportunities are going to be there um Down the field, you know being able to run the football and marry the the play pass game and Continue to try to move the football down the field When we have opportunities all right when we come back on the Mike Vrabel show presented by seat geek We go to the Vrabel straighter for what was Some kind of defensive play by zee's al shire. That's coming up next on the Mike Vrabel show stay with us Welcome back to the bed MGM studio the Mike Vrabel show presented by seat geek time to go to the Vrabel straighter Let's see what we got here this week, buddy. I want to show you this play We were looking at this over and over again a zee's al shire who's right here In the red shoes Can't miss them one of the top tacklers in the nfl. Yep, but on this play He does an unbelievable job covering the pass. Yeah Well, here we are in third and eight and and we know when we get into these settings situations You know, we've got to win, you know, our percentage has been really good here It's got to be better on third and three to six third and two to six We get that but this is an opportunity to let these four guys up front here rush Gonna mix in some zone coverage You know where we roll the corners up Safeties who go to the half field and we'll be able to play with a middle runner here So now he's got three receivers to his left. He's responsible for two and three if they were to go vertical Okay, so here let's take a look here at what we got and Making sure now we understand So as you work your way through so there's your there's your zone coverage, right? Guys are pass rushing. You see an inside pass rush game here Looking to chip ardent. Okay the corners rolled up playing with vision We're at the sticks and a zee's is getting ready now. You can see he's got depth He's got speed over here at three. So he does. He's got aust correct And so now as this thing works its way down the field Okay, what you've done what pittsburgh has done is they've tried to create levels Okay, they've got three different levels here and I'll try to get that explained here So now they've got a guy shorter the sticks a guy past the sticks And then they're trying to run a guy through the middle teams normally try to place him cover two Right in that down in distance and and you just got to be able to protect for the deep shot And what we've done here now is a zee's is running. He's not in phase. He can't look back for the football So he's trying to time this thing up and go through the pocket And that's what we talk about right here of going through the pocket Where the quarterback and the ball and excuse me where the ball is going to the hands Find the hands and he's going up through the pocket and you can see a tremendous play Tony we'll get a better view here. Now we we we do need a little bit of depth Okay, we needed to now do a better job of reading the quarterback here on the backside and getting involved Right, we need to play with better vision. Okay, so we're not leaving him out to dry But a fantastic job of running of getting into phase and I guarantee the receiver's eyes got big Austin eyes got big and that's when a zee's was able to match that hand and go through the pocket Is his trigger seeing Austin put his hands out? Is that when he knows he needs? Yeah, I mean when guys, you know, I mean are gonna able to get their eyes get big and that their hands get ready to go catch No, we're running like heck We're out of phase there right because at third and eight we're not normally looking there for that shot Okay, continue to get Jeff here. Again, we got to keep working on our ball our ball disruption Or trying to get that hand Up in the air. Okay, trying to get that hand to match the quarterback's throwing hand And try to get it up in the air to affect the throw. That's good stuff, coach When we come back epic western spotlight another pass rusher arden key Wired for sound at the team picture a few days ago. Wait till you see this Welcome back Each year generally in late october the entire squad gets together for the team picture that will be the photo record Of the 2023 tennessee titans. Well, that happened recently and it can be mass chaos at times No doubt about it. There's a lot going on So we decided to contribute to the chaos a little bit and put a microphone on outside linebacker arden key Who is a serious talker a serious stir it up guy?  It is this week's epic western spotlight Test the test of 32 32 32 Didn't that now you're trying to get smacked real cuz you're mic'd up. How about that? Hey, my mama won't like that I'm this girl book. It's all good. You're going right behind gordon. I'm right here. I know I'm right behind you Oh, come on through. This is scary, bro. That's a lot of weight on top Y'all looking good, boy What's that? Man of the hour the man of the present I'm good on that. I'm good. We're gonna go to the locker room. Oh, love Love a daughter D-line or be or be inside. We're next. We're next on god. We're next Don't worry We're next. No, you're not. We're next. No, you're not. Who next? Nah, bro, we're next. That's it. I bet you're not. I'm gonna show y'all how to put your foot down Oh, y'all y'all you need two clicks. We go. All right, let go y'all come on. Come on. I see y'all there I see y'all there. I'm the only one that ain't scared. I know who that who that man will probably be too too That was scared That's crazy. Y'all ready to go next let go. Hey, what time is it? Oh, that's right. It's in my time. It's time to go.  I didn't know hard and I didn't know Arden was mic'd up It was perfect Did he ever stop talking? No, and so it was perfect like he was trying to jump in there. They didn't have their group ready I was trying to organize everything to get these guys out of here as quickly as possible and start to walk through I didn't know he was mic'd up. It just made it perfect that he wanted to keep going next and I was like I got this handled trust me. Do you have to do that with him a lot? Mostly? Yeah most days But you like that don't you? No, he's great. I love his spirit. He's got great spirit, great energy It's been uh been fun to coach and as you want to see him come on over the last Eight nine games. What do you want to see from Arden key? Well, I want to see everybody on defense make the plays They're supposed to make be prepared Play relentless affect the quarterback tackle the guy when when they hand it off You know affect the quarterback we we got to get back to doing that and that that creates turnovers You know that the effect of the quarterback creates turnovers when we come back kids ask coach rabble That's next on the mic rabble show presented by seat geek stay with us the mic rabble show presented by Seat geek continues And it is time now for the best part of the show for really the best part of the show Kids ask coach rabble. Let's meet claudia Come on claudia. Here we go claudia Got our music Miss claudia, and i am a my question is what is the hardest part tighten up claudia Well, I think the hardest part of being a coach uh outside of losing, you know, I mean it's it's it's tough every time you lose it It affects you But but I also you know the toughest part is just I think We're probably the the time away, you know the time that's that's invested here Away from from your family, but you know, we all know what we sign up for and we love every second of it But certainly losing would be number one and then you know the time away During the season. What's the best part? Well outside of winning watching players improve and develop and Take advantage opportunities when you work with a player and you see them develop You know winning will be the ultimate after that it's it's watching players develop and improve and Having them help the team. It's it's like being a teacher, isn't it?  It's it's being a teacher and then also A lot of different hats right you got to make a connection you got to figure out what what these guys need and when they need it Uh, and they learn differently. They respond differently. And so it's it's different challenges That part of the challenge is something you really enjoy finding that button to push Yeah, and again, there's things that we believe in And there's also things that You know are are negotiable But there's also some things that that are non-negotiable that we believe you have to be able to do to win football games The Nissan keys are next. How do the titans go beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on sunday? Find out when the mike variable show continues presented by seat geek Inside the bet mgm studio the mike variable show presented by seat geek continues with our nissan keys to success I like number one create negative plays defensively not enough for those in pittsburgh, right? No, not enough And again allowed them to to stay in third manageable And continue to to drive the football we gave up, you know four double digit drives Those x plays allow you to create third and long which sends the opportunities to to rush an opportunity to make plays on the football And get off the field on third down So it all starts, uh, hopefully on early downs and our ability to to create negative plays and hopefully we can do that Um In in the play action game this big play action team. Oh interesting Okay, didn't realize that they they do that as much as you do even they do they max it up and they'll throw Shots and overs to to evans and godwin and you know, that's something that they've created x plays on All right, let's take a look now at key number two, which is stay efficient offensively on early downs Well, we know how you know the pressure that these guys can bring on third down they've um You know when teams have been able to stay ahead in the chains third and one two three They've been able to extend drives statistically But when you get into the third and eight plus You know, that's where the the four strong the four weak the different pressures the double edge pressures They're bringing a corner and the nickel and bringing guys from everywhere. And so makes it difficult When you live in those down in distances and the safety wind field is a good blitzer He's all he's caused fumbles. He's caused three fumbles. He's got recovery. So They they bring guys from everywhere david's excellent blitzer and so is um White and and it's just then they can bring just the four down guys. All right key number three Talking about special teams creating field position and momentum. Yeah, I feel like we're close here There were some good opportunities the other day You know, I thought the return By taje and the return to kickoff return unit was was great more of that at the penalty and we're able to get the ball out to midfield Um, we got to hit a punt return and we got to keep covering these punts and flip the field two good punters going this week and You know, two the ball is is going to be in the air quite quite long If we can make them punt and if you know, if we have to punt offensively So these are two good punters. You worried that it's going to be nearly 90 degrees down there. Uh, worried I don't I mean it's going to be hot for everybody We'll just have to see how the we handle the weather and rotate guys if we have to all right Well, good stuff. We look forward to seeing you down there Titans in the bucks this sunday kickoff set for 1202 We're on the air on titans radio including here in nashville and 1045 the zone at 11 a.m With titans countdown. That's ret bryan's show. We look forward to hearing him and look forward to having you join us For titans bucks this sunday. Thanks for being with us. Good night everybody