back to my channel, so today we are making a run to Hobby Lobby, ours reopened in the last little while and so I've been kind of wanting to look at some of their outdoor stuff and I don't know, I've gotten a lot of decor stuff whenever I went to Pennsylvania, just both from like doing a little bit of shopping and then my mom's house and so I'm gonna go ahead, we're gonna go to Hobby Lobby, I don't know if we'll make any other stops, I do wanna get some coffee first and then we'll come home and there's a few little projects that I wanna put together. Right, so I'm back home, the girls are down for their naps and I decided to kind of focus on our back patio area today and I don't know what else I'll get into this video, I didn't really plan it out, I just kind of decided that I'm going to do some kind of decorating today and possibly some cleaning and we'll see what else happens in this video but I wanna show you kind of my inspiration for our back patio so a little bit of a back story, we do rent this house but we do have in mind and the owners know this as well of possibly purchasing it in the near future or sometime, we haven't exactly had it all figured out. So when we and if we purchase this house we are planning to actually add on a covered deck out the back of the house and so right now we just have it very simple, you're gonna see but I feel like this is also great for either renters or if you're on a budget and you just wanna make like a really nice little patio and you don't have anything that's very elaborate, these are just some easy, simple ideas that you can do in kind of any space that's outside and I'm also very aware that like whenever it storms and things like that I have to bring things in just because it does get really wet. I'll get into all of that whenever we go out there so I'm gonna show you what I picked up, I'm really happy with what I found, very excited to do this. All right, so if you're new to my channel I always like to lay out kind of what inspires me for the space that I'm gonna be decorating and these are only the things that I picked up today, I'm gonna be combining this with like stuff I already have, I'm gonna shop my house a little bit and then some things that I picked up at my mom's house when we were there these past couple weeks. So I have a lot here that I'm really excited about so this sign, welcome to our porch, was from Hobby Lobby, it's a metal sign, they had other porch signs but they weren't metal and with ours not being necessarily enclosed, I felt like it should be a metal sign and then these things I'll show you a little bit better once we get outside but they're long stakes and they had different sizes of them, I kind of got them just to try it out to see if I like them and wanna get a few more, they're really, really pretty, the camera, the lighting in here is not even doing it justice like the green color of this is so beautiful and then this color I love as well, these are from Hobby Lobby and they are outdoor cushions, this here I stopped at Target and I grabbed this little guy, I thought it might look nice on this try, so my colors game I'm kind of going for is obviously like the green from plants and then this kind of corally color and navy, I love this combination, I don't have it anywhere else in my house so I'm really excited to pull all of this in. This I actually picked up at Target as well, I have a plant that's on my front porch that I'm going to try to transplant in here to hang back there and if you guys are looking for really nice cement planters, this was only $14.99 which I think is a really great deal so and especially for the size of it and then my daughters have a little picnic table and I'm gonna do a fun little DIY, it's kind of something that I'm going to repaint seasonally just to do with whatever color scheme I'm going with, you'll see it all whenever we get out there. This little guy I think is gonna go on their little picnic table, so cute and it's in the dollar spot at Target, it's $5 right now, they had other colors as well and then these I picked up at Lowe's, they're these awesome ferns, they had a really great deal going on where you could get two for $15 and they are hanging ones, they're gonna be a lot more that I'm pulling into this because I have more things like I said but let's go back to the back porch. Okay, so this is walking from our living room and actually this whole double door right here is getting replaced with a sliding door, which I can't wait, that's gonna be happening in the next couple weeks and it's gonna open up this doorway so much to be able to do that but we just have a canopy like this, I can't remember exactly the size of this but I will link the canopy and everything that I can but it's nice and big and then we have these Gove lights, that's a brand that's kind of like a smart light system so we can make these lights any color we want, we can turn them on with our phones and they're nice and bright and really light up the whole canopy. I just actually secured them up there in the middle with a zip tie and then just had them go to each corner. Right now the screens are closed, I think I'm gonna open them up to work on everything out here. This is the little picnic table, as you can see the top of it is kind of chippy and so I actually got matte paint this time, the spray paint and I'm gonna see if maybe that makes it last a little bit longer. I think that this was like semi-gloss or gloss whenever I did it last year so yeah and then I'm going to use painter's tape and make it white and navy striped so I think it's gonna be really cute. I need to put these in the garage, the boots I also need to clean up and this I will sweep but I think Cory's going to pressure wash it, that's our smoker, this is just some toys that the girls had out here and I think I'm gonna hang the ferns in both of the corners, I don't know. I will work on all of this as I go, you guys know how this is and I'll let you watch the process. Here is the paint I'm going to use and it is a chalkboard paint I believe or chalked paint so I'm hoping that it binds a lot better to this than the last stuff did and it is ultra matte which I don't know if we'll make more difficult to wipe off or not and then the white I got is not chalk paint but it is ultra matte as well so we're gonna try this and see how it goes so I'm going to do at least one coat and then let it completely dry and see where we're at and see if it needs a second coat. So it's been a little bit, the girls are at home with Cory and I'm actually sitting in front of Lowe's right now so if you guys follow me on Instagram then you know that with us going away I actually had one of my big palms die on me because it didn't get enough water and it's something that needs to be watered every couple of days and I thought that it died and we stuck it outside Cory threw it on the back of his truck and it got rained on for two days and it's revived kind of so I stopped at TJ Maxx just to pop in to see what they had and I found a really big pot for it for $11 on clearance so I'll show you that whenever I get back but I need to get some potting soil and I'm just gonna kind of poke around their outdoor center a little bit since I don't have the girls with me and then we'll head back to the house. All right, I'm back home and here's the potting mix. This is the pot. It's not in like amazing condition but it's really heavy duty and it was only $11 and it's really, really big but the thing that I like about it is it has this drain in the bottom and these are really great for indoor plants so I'm kind of thinking I may use this for my palm that I have inside because it needs a bigger planter anyways so I'm gonna spray paint the outside of it black because it's really, really nicked up and probably just like, you know, into the top a little bit and then here is the poor, poor palm that got totally fried while we were gone. It just needs a lot of water but it's turning green and like you can see up here that's a really good sign. It is turning green again so I have another bucket that I think I'm gonna drill some holes in. I can just drain on the ground when I water it and so I think I'm gonna put that one in that bucket. I am pretty well finished out here for the day. My bucket is still drying out there or my planter but I'm so happy with how this looks. It's all cleaned up and looks so great. We have family coming soon and we'll be able to use this space. I love these. I'm probably gonna get some more of these. They had different heights and they were just really inexpensive and really cute and neat. I love the way that they look. Just something kind of neat you can put anywhere since they just are a stake in the ground and I love the sign. It just all turned out perfectly. I don't know if I'll keep this here or not. We'll probably end up using this to bring food out here so I didn't wanna load it up too much but this is a real plant. I think I had shown it to you guys in another video or on my Instagram page and then this one is fake. I had picked it up at Target. It just looks like this. I have paint all over me from everything. Love how these look. I may get two more pillows, maybe some navy ones just to tie it all together and I'm so happy with the color of this and how it turned out. I'm not gonna do any kind of detailing on the top because I tried putting the painter's tape across to make stripes and pulled some of it up and it literally just pulled the paint off. I don't know if it's too fresh. I could maybe try it tomorrow but either way it looks nice and cleaned up and I really like the color and then over here I did bring this little car out here. It's metal and I thought it would be fun to have this kind of like a plant stand out here and I can also re-spray paint it. I had initially spray painted it. It was a total different color. I got it at a yard sale. So either that or just an extra space to put food when we're eating out here and Cory and I were talking about maybe doing something around the edge of the bottom of the patio just because it tends to get muddy right around the edge just from all the water coming off and stuff like that and I would really love to get a rug for in here but he still does need to pressure wash but the water does not drain very quickly in here. I'm just so afraid if I put an outdoor rug in here it will just hang onto water and get really nasty. If you guys have any tips or ideas of how I could do that like maybe something I could put underneath the rug that would give drainage, let me know in the comments I would really love to hear about that. Then over here is my sad, sad, sad poem but I am gonna try nursing it for a while. You guys can give me all the tips you want to in the comments about this situation. So basically we were gone for two weeks and I didn't have anybody water my indoor plants and all of them did pretty good but this one was like, as you can see, very fried. It was really, really brown when we came home and so I just kind of thought, oh well, it's gone. I'm going to try and water it twice a week because that's generally how it does good. It needs a lot of water. See if it perks up. I did, as you saw, trim away some of it, some of the brown so I tried not to do too much because I didn't want to shock it but I'm hoping, hoping, hoping it will revive. We will see hopefully some sunshine and some good water will get it going again and then up here is my other little planter. I need to take some more of the brown off of that and I did take the drain cork out of the bottom of that because this is actually a succulent and it does need to have the water drained off if you don't water it that often. Needless to say, I think that the lady that once killed plants very consistently is becoming a plant lady. We will see. It's been going pretty good. One of the things I wanted to say is I think we're gonna find some kind of container. Down there is our charcoal and that's just kind of where we hide it to keep it away from the moisture and the sun and all of that but I'm thinking maybe on the bottom of this cart we will put some sort of a container to keep the charcoal. Let me know how you store your charcoal because I'm kind of looking into what it takes. I think you need a metal bucket with a lid to store it but I need to check that out. Anyways, thanks so much for watching you guys. This was so fun to do. I hope that it inspired you to decorate some outdoor space of your own even if it's just your doorstep. If you're new here, don't forget to hit that subscribe button and I will see you guys in my next video.


Hey guys, it's Monica. I am going to give you an update on my Nera device So I know, you know, you've probably seen this all over YouTube maybe on Facebook and maybe You know in ads here or there and you're wondering does this really work? Is this just another gimmick? Would I be wasting my money if I if I bought something like this? You know, what's the deal right type of thing? I know that's how I always look at it I look at and I watch the reviews and I go. Oh my gosh. It sounds so good. Does it really work? That's always the big question, especially when you're spending money on something Anyways, some of you may remember that I received this complimentary back in November mid-November and I was really super excited about using this. I thought wow, you know, this would be Really cool if it worked and all that I saw positive reviews They said, you know, you'll see a difference in 90 days. They had money back, you know Guarantees on certain things and and still I was you know, I wasn't too sure, right? So I Received this I was thrilled. I did her. I did a video talking about it How I was going to use it and all of that well I kind of struggled a little bit in the beginning of like using it, right and In December, I had decided that I was going to focus in because it is the precision laser I don't have the pro. I don't have the the bigger one but that I was going to focus in on a trouble spot and I wish I had taken a photo of the trouble spot before I started. I didn't I took a photo of the trouble spot after I'd been doing it for like two weeks on that spot and What I was doing is the left side of my face Which is also the side that the driver's side and I drive to work I would drive to meetings to drive a lot right for many many many years and This was always the side of my face that had the brunt of the sun when you went out and I for many years never wore sunblock, right? I didn't wear any sunblock I didn't really protect my skin So this side the left side of my face When I looked in the magnifying mirror, I could see Deep wrinkles and I thought that's just going to get worse and worse and worse the older I get and The right side of my face did not have that At all the right side of my face looked fairly smooth on this side It was just the left side and that was a side that was always facing out the windows when I was driving So I took a picture dated December 28th. We're in Georgia in our RV I took I looked at my face in the morning. No makeup on No filters. No nothing. No lights I just looked at that side of my face and I took a picture up with my iPhone of the mirror the the reflection my reflection in that mirror because that way you could Really see those lines. So I'm going to show it to you right now. Thank God This is what it looked like last December the 28th of December 2023 and Then I forgot about it. So from that point on though I focused in every most every morning not every single morning, but most every morning. I would use I would wash my face Dry my face and wash my face just kind of rinse it with water You know not do a whole bunch of stuff because I figure my skin was pretty clean overnight Then I would use this and I would do the pulsations I would go right down on the side of my face on the left side and move it slightly You have the beeps, you know when you're hitting the right area It makes a completely different sound when you're not so and I would just focus in on this section right here of my face and Then once I was done that I Normally would take my my red light therapy mask. I have one from Candy Way. I use my red light therapy mask I love how that has made my skin feel and Look, I feel that since I've been doing the red light therapy mask I don't have to wear as much foundation at all my skin looks better. It looks clumper, but I still had the wrinkles So I kind of took that picture and I kind of forgot about it because of my normal routine, you know almost every day and then today March 3rd I was talking to my girlfriend Sheila and he was talking about doing a video and I was saying you won't believe what I did. I Was thinking I was going to do an update on my narrow device. I got it in mid-November I really started to use it heavily in December on concentrating on one side of the face I had looked in the mirror this morning and the same mirror No makeup and I looked at that side of my face and I I was like, oh my god So I ran and got my phone and I took a picture of the reflection in the mirror with my iPhone Then I compared the two. I I was I was shocked. I sent them to Sheila I said Sheila am I seeing things or not seeing things? I mean is is this real because I was Blown away Blown away by the results now To be very fair. I have Since you know December been really on a very active walking kick and all that outside all the time So I'm always wearing sunblock. I'm always wearing hats, but I've been very physical and I've lost some weight So I really thought I was afraid to kind of look at it because I really thought maybe you know When you lose weight, especially when you're my age at 70 when you lose weight your skin kind of looks worse at least You know, I always say Your rear end might look better, but your face usually doesn't look as good when you lose weight the older you are I Was I was just blown away. So I'm gonna superimpose again right now the December 28th photo that I took So you can see those wrinkles and now take a look at the March 3rd photo Right now that I took today Tell me do you see a difference? These photos are unaltered Not using any lights. I'm not using any filters. I have no makeup on in both photos I'm using and looking into the same mirror in both photos. I don't know about you, but I am totally blown away by what I see and Because of that, I said I better do an update has not been quite 90 days of consistent use here But close enough. I mean, you know January February into March and I would say Two and a half almost three months of this area and I The difference to me is amazing. It's amazing. So what do you think? Do you see the difference? It's like wow It to me, it's wild. It's like wow and I I'm just gonna tell you that If you have a trouble spot, maybe this is a perfect test, you know get something and Just work on that trouble spot and see if you can see the results. This is amazing I am so thrilled with my results and Yeah, I just used it on that one spot. So tell me what do you think? I'm gonna link all the information below Check it out. Again. I've just have the precision. This was sent to me complimentary I'm not being paid any money to say this the results of the results. I'm like I'm over the moon. I'm over the moon with these results anyways Check it out. Check it out and let me know what you think of these two photos side by side It's like wow, it's wild So yeah, if you're on the fence Definitely definitely working for me


Today, we're gonna be going over 10 different Air Jordans that you can get under retail. First up right here, we have the SoulFly Air Jordan 1 low. These things were going for close to $1,000 when they originally came out. And now in current time, you can get these things for below retail. 150 bucks is what they came out at. I think it's slightly because of the pattern and color on the shoe. It's just kind of too hard for everybody to wear and put in their everyday rotation. Now, don't get me wrong, I do see people that really like the sneaker. And for you, if you really do like this shoe, it's a great shoe to pick up for your collection because you can get it for a cheaper than the retail cost and you don't have to worry about fighting to go get the shoe. It's very interesting to see a collaboration sneaker like this in particular going for below that value because typically when we see collaboration shoes, they tend to go for double or triple or sometimes even 10 times the retail value. Next up on the list right here, we have the Air Jordan 7 Cardinal. Now these right here are classics. I've talked about these in the past. I think a lot of people are sleeping on this shoe. Eventually it will be worth more money, but to say that you can actually get this shoe for retail or below retail, I think it's an amazing deal. Retail on these was like 190 or 200 bucks or something like that. I know there's a lot of hype behind Air Jordan 4s and Air Jordan 1s, but all my OG heads out there, I can guarantee you every single person that I know, they was like, yo, I gotta have these in my collection. So if you're looking for a nostalgic, iconic model in colorway, the Cardinal 7 is definitely going to be a very good pickup, especially to say that you can get these for 30 to 40 bucks below retail. Oh yeah, and if you didn't know by now, my name is DJ and this is the DNA show. Now taking it to the next shoe right here, we have the Air Jordan 1 Stealth. Retail on these was 170 bucks and they're gonna be lingering just around or just below that price. And I really wanted to put these on the list because I know I don't really like predominantly white shoes because they look too big in a size 13, but this is a very universal shoe and a lot of people that do have it, they really love it. And I think they did a really good job when it comes to the materials and all those aspects on the sneaker. I personally added a pair to my collection and I still think it's a solid shoe. And definitely again, like I said, at that price point is worth the cop. Next up on the list right here, we have the Winterized Air Jordan 3s. And to see these hitting for around 170 bucks, I think is a really good deal because that's below the retail value as well. And not to mention, this is actually built for the weather. So when it comes to water and different elements like that, you're not gonna have to worry about that as much when it comes to this sneaker. And it's gonna be more protected for the long haul and it's actually gonna give you that more durability that you need. So to be able to get a shoe that's gonna last like that and still have a really good value when it comes to the price, I think that's the ultimate deal. And then yes, I know some people may say it doesn't really resemble the OG colorways, doesn't have the elephant print. Yes, there's gonna be elements that people may or may not like, but at the end of the day, if you like the shoe, I'm telling you right now, I think it's a pretty good price to get the shoe out right now. Next up on the list, we have a sneaker that I feel like a lot of people are sleeping on and that is the Air Jordan 13 UNC. You got your classic two-tone color blocking with the black and the UNC blue on the back end with the suede. And overall, it's just a clean shoe. To be able to get these for 20 to 30 bucks below retail, I think is a really good deal. You can walk into any local foot locker or whatever foot store you may have around your city and easily cop the shoe for that $200 price point as well. But if you wanna take some time and find some people in the game that have the shoe for a little bit cheaper, trust me, it'll be worth it to do that little navigating to help you save a couple bucks on each and every one of these shoes. And yes, I know we're gonna have people complaining in the comments section talking about, yeah, but you're gonna pay fees and stop gags and da, da, da, whoop, whoop, nobody's getting it at that price. No, bro, that's what you're getting the shoe at. You can definitely get these shoes at these prices. Again, all it takes is a little bit of effort and not just going to the basic cashing out and you can actually meet people and build relationships and get shoes for good deals. No matter if you have a following on the internet or not, trust me, I'm telling you right now, it's possible you can get all these shoes below retail and it shouldn't be that hard. And if you guys are still having any troubles, make sure you hit the link down below in the description. I built a hobby to hustle program for somebody just like you that may need that kickstart to get things going. And I have over a hundred different tutorials and videos and examples to give you guys everything you need from all the stuff I've learned over the past 15 years that have really changed the game for me and helped me build and grow my collection and make extra money on the side along the way. But anyways, besides that, let's take it to the next shoe. And that is the Black Samurai Air Jordan 8. I remember when this shoe was about to come out, I was hearing a lot of people raving about the sneaker and how amazing it was and the collaboration, da-da-da, whoop-de-whoop, I get it, it is still a nice shoe. But the price definitely doesn't reflect that when it comes to these in particular. And I think it's simply because a couple of different factors. It's an Air Jordan 8, it's not a trendy model, I get that. The collaboration, not that many people know the history and nostalgia behind the model and the collaboration, which causes people not to want to buy into it. And then again, it may just not be a colorway that's suitable for the mass audience that people can see in their rotation or want to have as a collector's item in their collection as well. So there's a lot of different factors. And like I said, we talk about all these things in the Hobby to Hustle program, but those are just some key things to take note of when it comes to these type of sneakers. And again, at the end of the day, buy what you like. If you like this shoe, definitely pick these up because honestly, I think it's a solid price. Now next up on the list right here, we have another sleeper that I had to put on the list and that is the Air Jordan 23. This is the Chicago colorway and these came out some years ago. And I feel like everybody has been sleeping on these since then. You could find these had outlets, they have been sitting around on shelves for a long time. And normally on Air Jordan 23, they retail around 225 to 250 bucks depending on what the shoe is and what collaboration it is or whatever it may be. So to be able to get these for around 180 bucks or just under 200 bucks, I think is a really good deal. Again, very niche. Not everybody loves higher number Jordans and all those different things. I love 23s, I think this is an amazing shoe. So I had to put these on the list. Next up right here, we have a personal favorite and that is the Air Jordan 6 because you know I love me some Air Jordan 6s in the Midnight Navy colorway. There's just so much nostalgia behind this sneaker. They did a great job on the materials. Again, I know everybody doesn't love Air Jordan 6s which causes what the price to be a little bit lower but I have a strong feeling when it comes to this shoe in particular, these could easily be that 300 or $350 sneaker down the line. Again, it's gonna take some time but if you like this shoe and you want something that's classic and nostalgic like that in your collection that goes with a lot of different outfits, this is gonna be a really good model. And I love these, you know me, I had to double up because I love some 6s. Now next up right here, we have a sneaker that a lot of people were shocked by the price that what it currently is at and other people understood why it was at that price and they kind of predicted that. And I think it's because of the collaboration and all the different factors and the colorway of the shoe, people kind of prefer the different versions and that is the Air Jordan 5, We the Best, DJ Khaled. They did an amazing job on this collaboration when it comes to the materials and the presentation of the shoe but again, when it comes to the masses and the broad audience of people, sometimes people just can't see themselves wearing a colorway like this and again, the Air Jordan 5 is not a trendy model which causes what? Not everybody don't want the shoe. So because of that, they have kind of been sitting around that retail or below retail price point and if you do some research or hit up a couple people or go to a couple shows or whatever it may be, you can find these for below retail. Some stores still even have these sitting on shelves and like I said, it's always crazy to see a collaboration go through some tough times like this because typically we see collaborations three to four times the value than the actual retail price point but if you want a really nice quality shoe and you're looking for something dope for a collaboration or something a little bit different in your collection, this is definitely gonna be a really good option and you already know me, I got these in my collection. Since we're on the topic of Air Jordan 5s, we can't forget to mention the Concord Air Jordan 5. I saw these sitting on shelves at outlets and easily accessible for a lot of people. When they originally came out, not that many people were picking them up and they were sitting on retail shelves as well for a really long time. So if you want again, another clean model and I know it's not trendy but again, I think this is a very clean shoe right here. This is gonna be a really good option for your collection to be able to get these for that below retail price point and who knows, you never know. People might start liking fives and then you say, hey, I remember the day when I got those for 180 bucks or I found somebody with a used pair for 140 bucks and next thing you know, they're going for $500 because trust me, in time there's cycles in the shoe game and I'm telling you right now, not everybody is always loving the Air Jordan 1s and 4s for the lifetime of the shoe game. There has been plenty of moments when the Air Jordan 5 was the hottest model, when the Jordan 8 was the hottest model, the 6 was the hottest model. So trust me, there's ebbs and flows to the game and if you know that you're in it for the long haul and you're buying what you like, like I said before, it's gonna be worth it. You won't have any problems. Now I know I said I was gonna do 10 shoes but I had to throw another one in there for you guys and we have the citrus Air Jordan 7s. Bro, why is everybody sleeping on this shoe? These things are amazing. I know me, I got personal memories from the past when the first pair came out. So yes, you know I had to double up on the new one but man, this is a really nice shoe. People are sleeping, I get it. Air Jordan 7s aren't trendy and everything but if you want a nice all black shoe, yes you gotta wear about the suede so with rain and different things like that but if you want a nice all black shoe for your collection and your rotation, this is definitely gonna be a really good model and a nice addition to the collection. Let me know what you guys think about all this stuff down below in the comment section and if you wanna see any more videos like this, I had a list about like 40 different pairs of shoes that were below retail and I only picked out like 10 or 11 of them so we can easily make more videos like this if you guys wanna see more with different models and color ways and brands or whatever you need to see. So I'll see you guys in another one. We gotta get out of here, I'm gone. Yo, before you go, I just launched my sneaker head academy where we got everything on the inside. I teach you all the stuff that I learned over the past 15 years.  I give away shoes literally way too much honestly but either way, I'll see you guys on the inside. Hit the link down below in my description or pinned in the comment section for DJ sneaker head academy and I'll see you guys over there. If you made it to the end of this video, drop a comment down below and say Bahamas. I know it's super random but I need a trip. I need a little vacation.


Side-kicked by John David Anderson. The city of Justica has several superheroes to deal with any villains that might come along, but the most famous one, the Titan, hasn't been heard from since Epic Battle six years ago. Drew was one of six middle school students who have special abilities and they are being trained as side-kicks. His ability is supervision, super hearing, and super smelling. He really wishes he could shoot laser beams out of his eyes or something. Still, they are put on alert when a new villain arrives with minions and things start to turn bad. Side-kicked by John David Anderson.


Most Indian Americans do not identify with Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, or Vivek Ramaswamy, but why not? Yeah, we gotta talk about it. This brand new Time Magazine article just dropped and went viral on Reddit. It says, in Nikki, Vivek, and Kamala, Indian Americans find incomplete representation. So there's a ton of interesting stuff in this article, Andrew. Did you know that Indian Americans make up 1.5% of the US population? And as of right now, they're making up 50% of the Republican presidential candidates that are left in the field. It would go Trump, DeSantis, Nikki Haley, and Vivek Ramaswamy. Whoa, whoa, whoa. And there was one other guy that started to run, but I don't even think he's in the running. You're talking about her Singh and Bobby Jindal dropped out, too. So at one point, it was like 60%.  But anyways, guys, we're gonna talk about it. So we're gonna talk about why a lot of Indian Americans do not identify with them. Obviously, I don't speak for Indian Americans, but we're basing it off the article and kind of based off what we know in the other comments. So anyways, please hit that like button, check out other episodes of the Hot Pop Boys. I mean, obviously Kamala Harris Andrew. Her name, Kamala, is a South Indian name. She is of half Indian descent. Her other half is Jamaican. But I guess even to this day, some people don't know that. Right, right. And but anyways, guys, before we continue, I gotta give a shout out to smallassauce.com. Not Kamala Harris, but Smallama, and I'm just kidding, but yeah. Check out Smallassauce right here. You can buy it. There's a lot of cool content out on our Instagram right now, Smallassauce. So they asked a like Indian political expert in this article to sort of break it down for people, right? Because she was familiar with the macro political nuances as well as the internal, I guess, community dynamics that you really gotta just know a lot about to understand. Indian Americans make up the largest share of Asian Americans who identify with just one race. More than other Asian American groups, they tend to support Democrats. 56% of Indian Americans think of themselves as Democrats. 27%, 7% as independents, and only 15% as Republicans. So basically, somebody said, that doesn't mean the presence of Indian Americans in the Republican primary won't have an impact though. And then this Indian political expert said, what we're really looking at are our two people who do not believe that anything is out of their reach. Ah, very ambitious people. Because here's the thing, David, if Indian Americans make up less of the Republican party, make up, right, 15% as they identify, then why are there so many Indian Americans running as Republicans? Are they getting boosted somehow? Is there some other like reason why people, the Republicans would want to see them run? Yeah, I mean, I think it's a really interesting question. We're gonna get into the comments section. Make sure you like, subscribe, turn on your notifications. It gets complicated here, because there's internal community dynamics, there's macro dynamics, there's internal party dynamics that shift over time in different eras. Somebody said, both Vivek and Nikki Haley use their own biography to make people in the Republican party who feel defensive about white nationalism or racism, they make them feel good. These are two minority candidates and their life stories are vindication of the fact that the US is not a racist society. So basically, I don't know if this is why they are running, but part of the effect of them running is to show that America's not racist, because look, we have brown people running on the Republican side. They work their way up, all the way up to get to where they're at, so that America can't be racist for that reason. Right, that's what they're saying. They're saying that that's their appeal to the party base. Yes, yes, yes. Anyway, let's just get into some quick thoughts, Andrew. Obviously, if 57% of Indians, and I believe statistically most Indians are Hindu, identify with the Democratic Party, how can these Republicans represent them? And they're typically, if you guys know about what it takes to run for president, you have to be from a very wealthy family. Like- Or you have to have some money. Like Vivek is very wealthy. Nikki Haley has money. Her Singh, Bobby Jindal, they all had money. So I guess, why would they represent the constituency? Right? Typically, I feel like black Republicans, it's not that there are none, but they don't represent, in the same way Obama had mass appeal to the average African-American voter. Right, right, right. What do you think, do you think they appeal? I mean like, Andrew, what about the Hari Kandabula crowd? Mindy Kaling, the NAV crowd, obviously NAV's Canadian, but you know, the tech founder crowd, who would appeal to them? Because I'm not saying that these guys appeal to Vivek, he comes from the tech world, but I'm not saying that they love him either. I would say that identifying as a Democrat is a lot different than voting as a Democrat. Now, if of the Indian-Americans who actually vote, maybe the percentages are a little bit more even, because you know, voters is one segment, and then what you write down on a poll is a different segment, right? A lot of people don't vote, that's why. No, no, a lot of Asians don't vote. Right, a lot of Asians don't vote, and I think a lot of Indians still don't vote either. So I think that it's almost like the Indians who do vote, maybe they're more like, I don't know, maybe a lot of them, maybe a little bit more of them identify as Republican. I'm not really sure, but I'm just trying to throw stuff out because I just think it's really interesting that it's like the few Indians that are Republicans all want to run for president. Or they all- And they all went decently far, if not quite far. Yeah, they all went way farther than everybody thought, so I think it's really interesting. Do you think that this is more of an internal Asian dynamics thing, Andrew? It shows that Indian-Americans truly believe that the sky is the ceiling when it comes to rising up the American political ladder in a way that East Asians or Southeast Asians just may simply, to their core, not be able to believe. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's true. I think that's partially the reason why there's so many more Indian-born CEOs hired in American Fortune 500 companies. We've talked about this before on the channel. I think they do have a different belief in themselves. I do think a lot of East Asian, like, Asiatic-looking people, we tend to believe.  So we're not gonna get that far. I'm just gonna try to do what I can. I'm gonna make a few million and be quiet and not try to take over it. Or maybe I'll become a senator, state senator, maybe, or a assembly person, a lot of Asian assemblymen and assemblywomen. There's a lot of Asians in that sector of the politics. More like middle management of American politics. Right, right, but they're not super, super high up. Some of them are a little bit more powerful than others, but essentially, they're not running for president. But of course, we know Andrew Yang, he did run four years ago. And there was questions, to be honest, of Andrew Yang and how much of the Asian vote did he actually represent? Because I have a question before we get into the comment section, is, to the viewers out there, what does the Indian vote care about? If we're gonna separate the Indian vote out. You mean even from the East Asian vote and South Asian vote? Yeah, because I think the general Asian voter cares about safety, crime, and being acknowledged that they're being targeted. That's like number one. And then there's education, fair education, and then business opportunities. You're saying that this is what the immigrants, first gen care? This is what I think immigrant, Asian, first gen generally care most about. And then some geopolitics, right? Because obviously, if you're from there, you don't want. You're still tapping. You still are tapped into the geopolitics, but that's maybe a lower. So I'm saying, what does the Indian constituency care about? Is it any different than what I just described? It's an interesting point. You know what, the Time Magazine article did not get into those things. Also interestingly enough, Andrew, the Prime Minister of the UK right now is a conservative Tory, Rishi Sunak. Yeah. They're into politics in the Western world, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, let's get into the comments section. You know, comments all across the board, guys. This one said, the average American would consider Kamala Black, Nikki White. Vivek would be the only one that looks Indian to the average person. This is interesting, right? A lot of it depends on how you look, man. It really depends on how you look. All right, so this is kind of an aside, Andrew. I had to look into it even deeper for this, because I was like, yo, why does Nikki Haley? Appear to not look Indian. And by the way, I'm saying other Indians have said this, too. It's not just us having this image of it. So apparently, Nikki Haley is a Punjabi Jat, which is a tribe in Northern India that has a lot of Sindhian and heftalite blood. And these are just ancient tribes that were moving in the North India region. So that's why she has that look. You mean she looks like she could be Iranian or Persian? Yeah, like Angie Harman or a Sicilian or something like that. And I guess that's just the nature of that. And that's just something a lot of people have mentioned. That's the nature of sharing borders with people. Yeah, I would say that visually, Nikki Haley looks like Angie Harman kind of. Kamala looks like a D1 basketball coach, but from a good program, Tennessee, Yukon. And then I would say Vivek. You know, yeah, it looks more, I guess, what people would say is like conventionally Indian, but he definitely looks like leisure Larry. Somebody said, these are classic examples of why we shouldn't vote for people just because they have familiar sounding names or backgrounds. This goes back to your Andrew Yang point, because some people were bringing in, yeah, because I supported Andrew Yang at first, and he broke my heart. Yeah, no, I mean, listen, I think it's, I think it just goes to show you that not one person's face can represent everybody.  That Obama wasn't black enough for them. So, you know what I mean? Everybody, there's always going to be people who feel that way. Right, right, right. Or maybe they felt like he was too moderate left and instead of like radical left or whatever. Somebody was saying, I find it funny because they picked the three candidates that probably, I believe this person's Indian American, by the way, that probably Indian Americans basically, I think Vivek honestly just speaks for himself. He's out to like be selfish and win the game, right? Nikki just tries to come across as white, but she only brings up her Indian heritage in opportune times. Most white voters are surprised that she's not white or at least they thought she was half white. And then they said that Kamala does speak about her Indian heritage a little bit, doesn't try to actively hide it. But if you saw her political history, she's always portrayed and aligned herself with the black caucus. And that is how she uses identity politics. She's a black politician. And then this Indian guy goes on to say this, Andrew. I don't think it's controversial to say that many Indians that aspire to be managerial are willing to do great lip service or acting service and willing to bend for the ultimate prize. So this is just something that they're saying that they've noticed. Obviously this is a way to put it. I would not put it this way. I would just say it's almost like trying to win the game. Somebody was saying Republican voters actually seem more willing to compromise on the identity of their leader if they'll actually provide the results they want versus Democrats. How interesting is that? Because they're saying that their willingness to embrace these different phenotypes on the right, as long as the people are very right-wing, shows that the right-wing is more accepting than the left-wing. I did always wonder that. I did think it was very interesting that, yeah, I don't know. I'm not sure if that's true, but I see what they're saying. That it does seem that way. It does seem that way. Oh, did you know there was a guy who actually looks like our uncle? And his name was Alan Feng too. And he almost became a state senator, I believe in Rhode Island. For the Republicans, I think. For the Republicans. And he literally looks like somebody I would see at a family reunion and it all come. Listen, there's gonna be, I think there's gonna be a lot more colored minority Republican candidates coming up soon. I think so, yeah. So in the next 12 years, dude. And maybe there'll be, I think that, you know what, I think, and I just thought of this, they might be more successful because they'll take the hatred out of the tone that like Taylor, Meijery Green has. And they'll be maybe more like fiscal. I don't know. Maybe, maybe. Somebody said, it's not an accident. Capitalism will use the opportunity to serve you more regressive policies with a more empathetic wrapper if you, because they can get away with it. Basically saying the right is using these looks and these immigrant stories to put a new wrapping on an old regressive policy. Of course, that's their perspective. Somebody said, these three paint a good picture of how class is able to minimize systematic oppression to a large extent. Do you think it's true? Cause I said, you know, class and race, it's such a complicated topic in America. Class and race, are they inextricably linked or do the presence of South Asians that are all rich and wealthy and Rishi Tsunaka's a billionaire himself in the UK, does that show that really class was always transcending over race or are they so in mesh together, you can't parse it out? I don't know. Maybe. I do think, I think like out of three factors, if you have two of them, it will trump the other one. You know what I mean? Like, let's say you take culture or like your culture, like Vivek's culture aligns with Republicans or Nikki Haley's, I'll put Vivek because Vivek looks clearly different than Nikki Haley. So Vivek's culture and his message aligned with Republicans. In class wise, he represents a certain class too. Then I do think that will help trump his race. I don't know if it's completely, but if you completely represent everything they want, but your skin color's just different, but everything that comes out of your mouth and how you sound in your class represents them, then I do think a lot of people will overlook the race. You know what? I think I agree with you in the sense that depending on the situation, the way you distribute between three different pie slices on a pie chart could vary, but maybe there's no one slice that's like 80, 90%, that is so dominant where the other two cannot compete with it. This last comment from Daisy American, I think it's exhausting being an Indian-American in the political space. Uber lefties think you're a model minority and racists devalue your experience and right-wingers think you're boomer brown uncles. There's no winning. Because obviously they're saying that maybe possibly your boomer uncle is more likely to be Republican than Democrat, but that's might be true for every immigrant. But David, you know what it is, man? Even though this is kind of a, it's a very interesting thing for Indian-Americans. Like this, it's like, and then it's also like you bring in like how do other Asians identify with any of these people? Do other Asians care that there's Indians running? I do. I think it's interesting. Do I identify with any of these people? I guess I do a little bit more than I would identify with other people. I guess, I don't know, but like not really. So I guess like the whole question is, is this progress and are people at least excited at the fact that more minorities are running for high position and that maybe in time those candidates will get better and be more accurately representing their constituency? Yeah. I mean, I think- Like is this good progress even though we may not like any of these people? If you probably low-key corner a lot of really powerful Asians and turn the microphone off, Andrew, they probably would take it because they're like, I want to see Asians penetrate higher levels of society being political, party agnostic. Asians have to try. Right, but if you interview them on camera, they probably would say no, the means don't justify the ends or something like that. I don't know, dude. You know, a lot of people, they say different things on camera, off camera. Overall, I'm gonna keep it real. If I was Indian, I think it's- It'd be interesting. It's exciting, right? Yeah, I mean, listen, even if you're an Indian person who does not care about any of these candidates, even Kamala, Vivek or Nikki, you can still take some inspiration away from it and be like, damn, yo, there's a lot of Indians putting themselves out there. I should do what I want to do. You know what I mean? And I think that this race does inspire a lot of young Indians to step into politics and be like, you know what? I like this about Vivek, but I don't like this about Vivek. I'm gonna be the Vivek for the other side or something. Yeah, I'm gonna take what I like and dislike from all these people. I'm gonna mix and match and I'm gonna become the better candidate. Yeah, by the way, guys, also a guy named Vivek, who owner of the Sacramento Kings, as well, if you guys didn't know. I think that it also goes to show you that Indians, I guess, obviously everybody has both sides, more on the entrepreneur side versus entrepreneur side. American politics as a pre-built structure, you would need to be a better entrepreneur to rise up that ladder. That's true. Because you're navigating things that have rules that you can't change.  Hey, a lot of Indian CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, is there gonna be an Indian CEO of America? That's a good point. Maybe not this year, but- The UK signed up for it. Oh yeah, the UK has an Indian CEO. Anyways guys, let us know in the comments down below what you think about all this. It is really interesting that Indians are way over super represented amongst presidential candidates and especially on the Republican side, even though most Indians don't identify as Republican. That's really interesting, but I guess maybe the few Indians who are Republican, David, they really wanna lead. So, let us know- I'll tell you this, man. They clearly got a fire that's burning within them because they're attacking and they're doing well. Anyway, let us know what you guys think in the comment section below. Keep it civil. We encourage the debate. Check out smileysauceandsmileysauce.com from SirTronAscistly. Until next time, I'm gonna hop out, boys, we out. Peace.


The Halls of Ivy starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman. I'm Benita Coleman. I'm inviting you to join us again on the campus of Ivy College. This is in the town of Ivy, USA. It's five o'clock in the dark winter afternoon and the campus is in a soggy state. The trees are dripping, the ivy is drooping, and only the sturdier students are seen sloshing along in the mud-stained snow. All of which seems to have had no effect on Dr. William Todd Hunter Hall, president of Ivy, who returns home to number one faculty role in a buoyant and triumphant mood, as his delighted and delightful wife, Victoria, says.  Come on, tell me what's the good news. Good news. As a matter of fact, I had a perfectly abysmal day. I was needle, nettle, and besieged by all kinds of carping petitioners. But, however well fortified I may be to cope with normal grievances, I have an Achilles heel for whimsy on a busy day. A whimsical heel? It sounds enchanting. Well, it's a fair description of young Jethro Matthews III. Oh, he's the one who made the big fuss with the dramatic society about the scenery being too realistic. He also had a dandy suggestion that we do death of a salesman as a ballet. Yeah, he's trying very hard to be consistently unconventional. He's a bright boy, but he's failing in his poetry course. It seems he hasn't attended any classes recently. Why not? Oh, he said he could learn far more about poetry by contemplating the vistas of nature than the visage of Professor Heeslip. Well, Julie, he's got a good point there. But he's a young, new life-grower. Oh, yes, yes. As a matter of fact, I was intensely individual myself when I was his age. I bet you were a beautiful baby. Ravishing, darling. But my critics were divided into two schools. One believing that I was just a mild eccentric, and the other that I was a boring poser. Both views were accurate. I was what is known in those days as a bohemian. Oh, I know, yeah. Sit around in a smoky room and try to shock each other. Yeah, that's right. Adolescents from 20 to 70 who sit on the floor of what they call a studio with candles stuck in the mix of bottles. They have Schoenberg on the record player, which cannot be heard, of course, because of the furious talk about music and the pity for the poor, grubby businessmen. The men who made the candles, manufactured the bottles, built the record player, recorded the Schoenberg, and were idiots enough to forgo the last three months' rent on the studio. Bohemians making a fetish of the unconventional. Nonsense. Ridiculous. Wonderful, wasn't it? What a lot of fun we had. Right back into it, didn't you? How did I get to be such a qualified authority on eccentric behaviorism? Did I make any sense? Well, certainly. You sounded like a professional psychiatrist. A psychologist. Psychiatrist, psychologist. What's the difference? The same as between a poor student in the library and a rich one in the malt shop. One studies and one treats. It's the time I've ever understood the difference. But to get back to your day at the office, what are the dreadful things made you feel so good? Well, for one thing, Professor Fisher is probably still wondering what happened to him. Professor Fisher, the law school, what you do to him? Well, I asked him whether he didn't agree with me. That it was high time we had another look at the bylaws of the Student Legislative Council. He seized upon my suggestion, turned it into an indictment, and launched into a prosecutor's harangue. I'll bet you put the old harangue tang back in his cage. Or would I manage to turn the case of Fisher versus Hall into the case of Hall versus Fisher? Oh, I gave him a run for his money. You should have seen his face. You really poured it on, huh? There was really no difference of opinion to start with, but he worked himself up into a hopeless contradiction which I pounced upon with alacrity. And then, Vicky... Yeah, Louise, I'll get in the door, darling. Don't stop. Now you were pouncing. Go ahead. Pounce. I used an old trick of forensics. As NASA champion and ruthless debater in my day, I... Oh, oh, I can come in. Excuse me, Dr. Hall. Is there someone to see me, Louise? Yes, I told him to wait. The stout one who talks like a birthday card. Yes, it couldn't be anybody else. It's Professor Heath Slip. Always sounds as though he were reading off tombstones. That's the one, Mrs. Hall. Well, you'd better send him in, Louise. Yes, sir. And Mrs. Hall, I told him not to bother because it's working now, but he wanted a dollar anyway. Well, Professor Heath Slip? No, he's in the hall. I sent the other one away. I'll tell him you'll see him, Dr. Hall. Sorry, have you any idea who wanted the dollar? Not yet, darling. In due time, we can't rush, Louise. With her, small phrases are tributaries that finally join a river filled with the... with the Flotsam and Jetsam effects, which will eventually flow out into the Sea of Knowledge. Well, salutations, Skipper. Greetings, there, baby. Hello, Professor Heath Slip. My apologies, but I couldn't help overhearing. You were speaking of the Sea of Knowledge. What a proper subject for a conversation in the presidential mansion. And pray tell what intellectual voyage had you embarked upon at this hour of twilight? We were just wondering about a man who wanted a dollar. What? Oh, yes, Jason in search of the Golden Fleece wanted a delightful sense of humor you have fairly near. Yeah, well, for the dollar where it is, we need one. Ah, yes, a cogent observation. Skipper, I just stopped by to return your book. My book? Oh, yes, the Christopher Fry play. Thank you, Professor. Did you enjoy it? Oh, I read it with some interest, particularly because of the flurry it has caused in certain literary circles. I liked it. Well, fair lady, it is pleasant in a way, but I found it much too wordy and flowery for my more austere tastes. Didn't you, Skipper? No. Oh. I enjoyed its richness of language, but then I like words and flowers. Yes, yes, of course, a very gifted dramatist.  You did? Well, thank you. Oh, yes, Skipper, I took up the cuddles in your defence. Really? Well, what about?  There was a discussion, and when certain, shall I say, impetuous statements were made, I couldn't resist raising my voice slightly in protest. And there was jolly nice of you. You spoke, fair lady? No. Well, I'd appreciate knowing what these statements were, professor. They might be true. Oh, I hardly think so, Skipper. Just the irresponsible plattle of a ladle tongue. What could be more ridiculous than to even suggest that you couldn't take time to attend to the practical problems of a university? Are you asking, professor, or is that what was said? I mean, is it a quote or a question? Oh, well, fair lady, perhaps I shouldn't have brought this up. But who would suggest that I... Oh, dear, look at the time. It's nearly dinner. I must be off. Thank you again for the fireplace, Skipper. We must sit down and have a real discussion on it one day. Yes, I think one day would be... Goodbye, professor, he says. Goodbye, professor. Goodbye, fair lady. And, Skipper, I wouldn't give it a moment's thought if I were you, just that I was so surprised about Agnes. I mean Dean Huxley. I didn't know she felt that way about you. Well, I must fly. It was an idle tongue, full of irresponsible plattle, if ever I heard one. Well, you can't take him seriously. As my father used to say, a fool's tongue is always long enough to cut his own throat. As my mother used to say, it's better to plant a seed of goodwill than to put a crumb in another man's bed. Very good, Mickey. Yeah, I wish he'd stopped saying fair lady. Fair lady. Sounds like a bus conductor.  Well, he slip as a man of many sentences and, um, a few convictions. And what did he mean about Dean Huxley? What nonsense. Yes. And, Scotty, do you never finish telling me about how you vanquished Professor Fisher? Uh, Fisher? Oh, well, now. When I, what I think of it, I shouldn't take too much credit because I had him from the very beginning. Realizing the weakness in his case, I could afford to buy time and do nothing. Well, but you said you pounced on him. Why, I didn't really pounce. I just made a small point. It really wasn't such a, such a... You know, it is surprising, Agnes Huxley. I've always had a great personal regard for our Dean of Women. And, well, I felt there was a mutual... Oh, of course, darling. You know she likes you. Now, come on. What about Fisher? Well, what could I have done or said that would have made her change? Who says she's changed? There's nobody on the staff more loyal to you. After all, there's nothing surprising about her saying I didn't have time to attend to all the problems of the university. The president of any college has to budget his activities by the very complex nature of the... Yes. Come in, Louisa. Excuse me, Dr. Hall. Oh, yes, yes, Louisa. I forgot to tell you she called this morning, said she couldn't make it. And Mrs. Hall, he said the dollar was for coming over here and I told him you don't pay for just visiting without Fixing. Certainly not. Fixing what? Oh, don't worry. It's working now. And Dr. Hall, she said she was sorry. She? But it's not worth a dollar, Mrs. Hall. I wouldn't pay it for... Oh, no, no, indeed. I gladly pay a dollar just to find out what he came to fix. True, darling. $3.50. $4.75. Any other bids? Going at $4.75 to the beautiful lady for the blue eyes. So, grab it up, Louisa. I don't know what you're talking about that time. I'm using a time. I'm afraid I didn't catch the name of who it was that was sorry she couldn't make it and what it was she was sorry she couldn't make it. You didn't? It was a commuter meeting. Miss Dean Huxley. Dean Huxley? You mean she can't attend the faculty advisor's meeting tomorrow night? I wouldn't know. Said she wouldn't be there at all. Seems to me people should leave plugs in where they belong. Icebox didn't work all morning. Well, I have my work to do. I think I've got it. Louisa knocked the plug out of the refrigerator and didn't know it. Called the repairman and by the time he got here she discovered her mistake. It's the first time I can remember Dean Huxley missing an important commuter meeting. Of course there needn't be any connection. I mean this couldn't have anything to do with her criticism of me. Do you think? Oh, she's probably just swamped her studio problem. She works awfully hard, Tony. Yes, yes. I realized that a very capable woman and her department is rather short-staffed. I wonder... Yes, that could be it. She did say she needed another assistant but that was a year ago and it was the board of governors who turned down the request. I never thought you would hold me personally responsible for that. Well, I'm still waiting, darling. Waiting? What for, Vicky? Well, won't you please tell me how you gave Professor Fisher the coup de grace? Oh, yes, yes. Professor Fisher. Yes, well... I'm afraid I exaggerated a bit. It wasn't really a conquest, you know. Just a minor skirmish. As a matter of fact, I'm not sure I scored my point at all. Oh, darling. Now, don't let he slips four tongues for your day. Well, you know what a fine woman Agnes Huxley is? You've always said there wasn't a more efficient and understanding dean of women anywhere. Yes, and that's why I'm perturbed, Vicky. When such an able executive as Dean Huxley suddenly leaves a cryptic message that she can't attend a most important meeting, which, of course, has nothing to do with what she thinks of my administrative ability, or has it? Well, I didn't know I was so lacking in understanding of the female faculty. Perhaps I should let the male staff alone for a while and concentrate on the diss stuff. This presentation of the Halls of Ivy, starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman. Ivy, it's noon the next day. Mrs. Hall has just returned from town when she's intercepted by her housekeeper, Louisa. It's none of my business, Mrs. Hall. I got that recipe for the clam chowder from my great aunt in Savannah. He always liked it before. Nobody else I know makes it the same. And he just said, no, thank you. That's all. Well, I wouldn't take that too seriously, Louisa. Perhaps Dr. Hall didn't feel like soup today. Not that I believe in keeping a good recipe a secret. It's the bell pepper makes it. I imagine strain it first. Yes. Well, thank you. I'll call you if I want anything. All right. But mind how you walk. I got a cake in the oven. Looks good, too. My sister says that's why she won't own a vacuum cleaner. Huh? Said you can't pull a straw out of it to stick in the cake and see if it's done. It's jumping over the sofa, but it can wait. I believe I have it. It wasn't a year ago when the Board of Governors refused to add another assistant. It was at least six months before that. Remember when the delegations from those two sororities came to see me about a pledge they both claimed? Yes. And you told them they were big girls now to work it out for themselves. Darling, Louisa's got a cake in the oven. If you must keep pacing, please do it on tiptoe. Well, I can't pace on tiptoe, darling. It'd look ridiculous. You see, Dean Huxley must have found out that the girls had come to me instead of to her. And even with the most intelligent of women, those things rankle, you know. She wouldn't ever hold a thing like that against you or anything else. As a matter of fact, I just ran into her an hour ago. You did? What did she say? Oh, the usual hello and how are you? And she was in a terrible hurry, so we didn't actually... Well, you mean she didn't speak to you? I didn't say that. Well, I don't want to put a false construction on a minor incident, but it would surprise me if she held it against you, too. If I weren't the president's wife and I thought nobody would recognize me, I'd march over to Heathlip's house, the class, or wherever that windbag is at the moment and give him a good punch in the nose for carrying tails. You know me, one round Cromwell. Well, Vicki, I have none of the conventional prejudices against women in executive positions, but I've found that they have a tendency to emotionalize issues. To take the personal rather than the objective point of view. I can understand how Dean Huxley has misconstrued my action on the sorority matter as a pre-emptory assumption of authority, but I'm sorry that she allowed this to influence her judgment. I take this committee meeting tonight. She should be there. Why isn't she coming? Well, maybe her cousin's sick, or if she's got a cousin, or possibly she's been evicted from her house and moved tonight. I mean, there could be a dozen reasons. Maybe she's sitting on a jewellery. There are a dozen reasons right there. Whatever it is, why did she just leave a message without any explanation? Now, why did she complain to Heathlip of all people? Why, if she had a complaint, didn't she come directly to me? Vicki, there's only one thing to do. And I've already done it. What? Well, I met Dean Huxley, I said, and then I said, if you don't mind the fib, Dr. Hall said he would like to see you. So she said she'd come over this afternoon. Do you mind? Mind, of course not. Oh, any further postponement will only widen the breach. However, I shall have to find a delicate way to remind her of the danger of letting small grievances grow into crises. And I must firmly recommend that in the future, if she have any protest, she give me the original, not the duplicate. I prefer not to be a pawnbroker of protests, dealing in second-hand complaints. Agnes, how happy I am. You were able to make it this afternoon. Well, you know, Victoria, I was always ashamed to come here. What? Dr. Hall, I've been having a guilty feeling about you. Oh, why should you feel guilty about me, Dean Huxley? Well, I haven't been to see you. I don't know how you find time to see yourself with all the desperate, dramatic crises of charming and slightly distraught young ladies who've crawled under your wing.  But I don't know why I should complain. That's my job. But it's your prerogative to complain. Without protests, there can be no progress. Without constant challenge, we would all doze on a feather bed of complacency. No, Dean Huxley, I must insist you have every right to complain. Well, uh, thank you very much, Dr. Hall. But, uh, complain about what? Well, if you haven't got a complaint handy, Agnes, think fast. Make one up. Now is your chance. I'm sure Dr. Hall has enough on his hands without my small problems. I may be a mother hen, but he's running the whole chicken ranch. Well, I try to do what I can, but with the multitude and variety of my duties and obligations, many of which, of course, extend beyond the campus itself, I'm left with only limited time to attend to what are sometimes called the practical problems of a university. So I can have no sensitivity about anyone who may criticize my particular allocation of interest and, uh, energies and, uh... Dr. Hall, what on earth do you mean? Hm? I've never known you to refuse to listen to any problems that came up here at Ivy. Honestly, I-I don't know how you find the time to do it. Well, I've always believed that the primary obligation of an administrator is accessibility. That's why there is no door to my office in the administration building. Well, William said that either he or the door would eventually become unhinged, so he beat the gun and took the door off. Well, I-I hope the privilege of free entry isn't abused, Dr. Hall. You can't be expected to do everybody's job. I, uh... I had a set to with a faculty member about this very thing a day or so ago. Oh, really? He slipped? Well, yes. He wanted us to go trotting to you with a small dispute before we even had a chance to work it out for ourselves. I told him he was silly to bother you with it, that you had far more important things on your mind. Oh, so that's what was said. Dean Huxley, I... I feel it for most profound apology coming on. Whoa, that crumb-planter. A finer example of verbal scaled-duggery I have never heard. Yes, a few minor word changes, a slight difference of inflection, even the raising of one eyebrow, and you have a total change of meaning. Why, you... I did come to you with this after all. I can imagine what he said and what you've been thinking. Oh, really? Why, that... that... that nasty old... Excuse me. No, go right ahead, go right ahead. You can speak freely without any fear of contradiction from me at any rate. I... I'm sorry. But at the moment, just thinking about, Professor Heasler, makes me cross. I know. All he has to say is good afternoon for your umbrella. Because I don't mind telling you that this has relieved my mind. Well, now that I'm here, perhaps you'd like to know what started off this, uh, this chain reaction. We certainly would. Well, you see, a sophomore got snowed in on a skiing weekend. Missed an early Monday morning quiz with Professor Heaslip, and he's refused to give her a chance to take it later. But why? Well, it sounds like a good enough excuse. You know our ruling on lateness, Dr. Hall, and Heaslip refused to make an exception. The girl wrote her father, and he's coming into town tonight to see me. Uh, that's why I can't be at the committee meeting. Oh, I see. Well, Dean, actually, I... I don't want to intervene, but if you'd like me to see the girl's father, I'll be only too happy to do so. Oh, thank you, Dr. Hall, but I... I'm sure I can placate him. But there is something you can do for me. Oh? Will you please get Heaslip out of my hair? Well, I... I'll do my best. As an ornament in anyone's coiffure, he leaves a little to be desired. But at the same time, I shall have to commend him. For what? Not starting the Chicago fire? No, for bringing you to our attention in, however, a roundabout way, a matter which should be near the top of our agenda. At this high time, we examined the whole problem of student rules and brought them up to date. Yes.  So I shall appoint a committee to bring the whole subject before the Student Legislative Council. And to be sure that something is accomplished, I would like our Dean of Women to serve on that committee. Well, I'll be glad to. Thank you, Dr. Hall.  Oh, and my apologies to you. I've been forcibly reminded that the loyalty of friends mustn't depend upon a constant reiteration of it. I have learned with Molière that doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.


Whether you're new to Linux or you've been using Linux now for a long time One of the things that everyone has to answer at some point during their Linux journey is what is the best distro for me? and This is a question that has been highly contentious amongst the Linux community forever Literally since there has been distributions there has been questions of which one is better And I'm gonna do a little spoiler alert here for you The answer to the question is that there's no perfect distribution and there's no distribution out there that is best for everyone while we like to Say that Ubuntu is the best new user distro or Linux Mint is the best new user distro If we're all being honest with ourselves It is highly dependent on the user themselves to choose what distro is best for them I can never come out and tell you what distro is best for you based on my personal experiences Because of several different factors one I Like different things than you do. That's just the way nature human nature works You know, we all are special little snowflakes if you will the other reason why I can't do that is because we have different Hardware you may be running something that is older I may have something newer or vice versa and What distro I choose will depend on which distro runs best on the hardware that I have and it's the same for you so When we ask what is the best distro for new users the answers We give have to be a little bit disingenuine because the true answer has to be we don't know like we have no clue Which one's going to be best for you because again, we're all a little bit different all we can do in that scenario is give General advice saying Linux Mint for the most part is probably going to work best for you Because it works the best for most people You can substitute that with Ubuntu you can substitute that probably with fedora things like that Which one you'd say really doesn't matter because again It's just general advice and it may or may not hold true for everyone The question I'm going to try to answer today is how do I find the perfect distro for me? And this is really the whole crux of the matter is that when you switch to Linux The first thing you should do or one of the one of the first things you should do is distro hop I truly honestly believe the best thing you can do as a new Linux user is to try all the distros You possibly can don't get attached to the first one you use even if it works perfectly for you Try other ones because maybe there's another one that works even better for you And you want to try at least the top tier distros.  You probably want to try elementary things like that You want to try the ones that are like the very popular ones that almost always get suggested for new users You don't necessarily need to go and try Arch Linux or Gen2 or something like that But it's not gonna hurt you to try them if you Deem yourself technologically advanced enough to do so the reason why you want to hop from distro to distro is to get That experience of not only how to install Linux and how to determine which is better for you But also it gives you an idea of which distro actually works better for you because you're not going to know for sure How to answer any of the questions that I've asked so far Without trying them for yourself. No one can tell you how one distro will work on your hardware over another It just is almost impossible because your hardware configuration is almost guaranteed a little bit different than anyone else's But there are certain things you can kind of keep in mind as You're searching for the perfect distro for you and those things are the things that we're going to talk about today The first thing that you should care about the most or the first thing you should keep in mind the most is speed of updates These this is for the most part very important simply because it's going to determine a lot Over how often you have to update your computer And if you are a Windows user or a former Windows user chances are you are used to having updates kind of forced on you and while There are Linux distributions out there specifically Ubuntu and Linux Mint that definitely do push you towards updating a little bit more fiercely than Something like say Arch would it's never going to say hey you have to update right now or you can't use your computer We're gonna restart your computer. We've done updates for you already It's probably never going to say that but the point is is that the speed of updates kind of matters Especially when it comes to things like stability So for example, if you want something that only updates every few weeks Ubuntu or something based on Ubuntu is probably going to be the best for you If you want something that's a little bit more cutting edge and you're more interested in always having the latest Software something that is based on arch is probably going to be better for you So in this question here, we're more talking about Rolling versus stable releases and it's definitely something to keep in mind It's not the most important thing to keep in mind because in the end at the end of the day What truly matters is does the distribution work on your hardware? But it is something to keep in mind The next thing to keep in mind is going to be software availability because even though Everything that we're talking about is based on Linux The repositories where they draw their software from is going to be different So if you're using Ubuntu, you're going to be using the Ubuntu repositories and snaps if you're using Linux Mint You're going to be using the the mint repositories and the Ubuntu repositories if you're using elementary OS You're going to be using the Ubuntu repositories and flatpacks if you're using Fedora You're going to be using the RPM repositories and flatpacks If you're using Arch, you're going to be using the Arch repositories and the Arch user repository Literally we could go on forever and ever every single distribution is going to be slightly different based on where they're pulling their repositories Some of them share the Ubuntu and Debian repositories Some of them use their own in addition to those some of them use the Arch repositories if they're based on Arch You get the idea So as you're meandering through trying all these distributions Keep a note of which ones have the better software selection for you It doesn't mean that it has to have the biggest software selection It just means that it has the applications that you need in order to do your work on your computer and have fun on your computer the things that you need to do if It has all the stuff that you need It doesn't matter if you has the largest repositories or not as long as it has the stuff that you require As a subset of this the thing that you might want to pay attention to is whether or not out of the box The distribution supports flatpacks or snaps Most distributions support one or the other a few of them will support both right out of the box And when I say support, I mean they come pre-installed Every Linux distribution can have these installed on there. It's just a matter of you explicitly going and installing them So for example Fedora comes with flatpacks installed out of the box And then you can enable flat hub if you want to do so But that doesn't mean you can never use snaps You just have to install snapd and you could use snaps on Fedora just as you could on Ubuntu The opposite of it's true on Ubuntu. It comes with snaps installed. You can use flatpacks You just have to install them. So it's not necessarily about which Disros have support for these because they all distributions basically support all of them It's just more a matter of what comes installed by default and how entrenched that Support is so for example on Ubuntu, you're going to notice the snaps is very Entrenched inside of Ubuntu. You're going to have several snaps installed for you The software center is based on a snap. They're very attached to snaps in Ubuntu LAN Similar thing with Fedora a lot of stuff that you're going to see there is going to be a flat pack So as you install distributions and try them try to keep in mind. What is a flat pack? What is a snap and which you like better because the experiences are different Not necessarily in terms of how you install them or even in terms of package availability but more how they react in terms of startup time and Theming and all this stuff all this stuff will eventually play into your decision of which distribution is for you If you find that flatpacks work better for you, which is something that I think more and more people are kind of realizing Then you'll want to always make sure that you have access to flat pack and flat up if you find that snaps are better for you Maybe Ubuntu is the distribution that you've chosen because it's more tightly integrated The next thing you'll want to pay attention to and this is something that you will notice right up front is that the installation process For each distribution is going to be slightly different now This is not as true as it used to be it used to be that pretty much every distribution had a slightly different Installer or an install process, but we've kind of standardized for the most part on three or four different installers So we have the ubiquity installer, which is what Ubuntu and several Ubuntu based distros use We have the elementary OS installer, which is used by elementary OS and pop o s We have the calamari's installer, which is very very popular and that isn't that is used by many different distros things that kaboom to Many different arch based distros Things like that they use the calamari's installer and then the fourth one it is not so popular But it's still used by fedora, which is the anaconda installer every once in a while You'll find a different installer, but for the most part those are the four that you're going to experience and while Once you've started to use Linux the installer really no longer matters as you are Still distro hopping the installer and the installation process does actually matter So you'll want to kind of pay attention to maybe which one you prefer Again, it's not something that's going to play a big role in your final decision But that installer is going to be your first impression of the distro if that install process is bad Who knows how good the distro itself is going to be because it really is true that if they can't get the installation process right Chances are the distribution itself may not be any good either. Also when you're in the process of installing your Distro that you've chosen you're using the system on your hardware if you're having problems during the installation because of a hardware conflict of some kind that may be a Indication that once you have it installed you might have similar problems So during installation pay attention to how the system runs And if the distribution comes with and the ability to try it out like an in a live environment Give that opportunity a try so that you can kind of give get an idea a brief idea of how that Distribution is going to work on your hardware if it runs Absolutely horribly Maybe you don't even have to waste your time installing it because you just know that it's going to be bad now It doesn't necessarily always translate that a poor live environment experience is going to Indicate a poor installation and or installed experience It still is something that might indicate that once you've installed that you'll have problems So I highly recommend during the installation process use the distribution for a little while in that live environment It gives you an idea of how things will work So the final one is the most important one and yeah I'm saving the most important one for last and it kind of ties into everything. We've talked about so far And that is hardware support if you're using the Absolute latest hardware if you have the latest processor from Intel and you have the best GPU from Nvidia you're not going to be able to use something like Debian because Their kernel support is very very old like they use always use an LTS version of the kernel and While you can get newer hardware working on Debian it's usually a pain in the butt if You have that type of hardware You're going to want to use a distribution that has the latest version of the kernel Something perhaps based on Arch which has the latest kernel or something like the most recent version of Ubuntu Which you probably has a very recent kernel as well You'll always want to make sure you keep that in mind because the hardware that you have is going to very much Determine what distribution you can use now the reason why I say that is because if you have new Hardware like very very new hardware you're going to need that new kernel experience if you have older hardware It's going to matter a lot less for you in terms of what distribution you have because the older your hardware is The more widespread support for it will be So if you're using something like the RX 580, which is a graphics card from AMD from many years ago The support for that on Linux is very very good because it's older and has been baked into the kernel for a very long time Whereas if you have something like the 6600 XT or something like that the support for that isn't nearly as good because it hasn't been around for as long So the hardware you have should dictate what Linux distribution you're actually going to try So again, I highly recommend if you have brand new hardware find something with the most recent kernel If you're using something older, you'll have a lot more Selection and it won't matter nearly as much As I said at the beginning the distribution that you choose is going to be very much a Process because it's very unlikely that the distribution you choose first is going to be the distribution You always use now. They're going to be exceptions. Some people are going to try, you know MX Linux right at the beginning because they found it at the top of district watch It's going to be amazing on their hardware and it's just going to work flawlessly and they'll never have to distro hop If that's your experience, you are rare like you're pretty much Very special because for the majority of people they have to Distro hop for a little while in order to find the one that works the best for them Whether that is for hardware support or because they prefer a different package manager, whatever now the last thing I should say about this whole process is that you should not decide your distribution based on what desktop environment ships by default on the distro Disop environments don't matter because you can install any desktop environment on any distribution So if you really really like fedora, but you can't stand GNOME And you've never heard of the fedora spins before you can very easily install Plasma kiddie plasma on fedora and not even have to reinstall fedora You can just install plasma same thing with any other desktop environment or window manager for that matter So don't get attached to the idea that desktop environments Determine which distributions you can use because they absolutely do not You can use whatever distribution you want and then choose the desktop environment or window manager That is appropriate for you because they'll work on any distribution So that is it for this video If you have comments you can leave those in the comment section below if you haven't subscribed yet Make sure you hit the subscribe button You can follow me on Twitter at the Linux cast if you'd like to follow me on mastodon You can find that link in the video description You can support me on patreon at patreon.com slash the Linux cast I'd like to thank my current patrons Robert said Devon Patrick Fred Kramer Megalyn just back until Steve Acerberg Linux Derek Samuel KB TGB Keith Andy Unclebone had try devil Gary Antoine Mitchell J Doug Karmadage Jamie shone Odin Martin E Ross Eduardo art center Elliott Merritt Cam Dr. Lee Peter a crucial dark benefit time as a PM Thanks everybody for watching. 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Okay, let's turn our attention now to inflammatory diseases and we'll start with labyrinthitis pacificans. Labyrinthitis pacificans is the end stage of any insult to the inner ear. This commonly occurs as a result of meningitis or trauma if you allow that surgery is a form of trauma. Surgery is probably the most common reason that we encounter this, at least in North America. There's two phases of labyrinthitis pacificans. There is a fibrous phase where fibroblasts infiltrate the labyrinth and displace all of the normal fluid. And then there is a bony phase where bone infiltrates and replaces those fibroblasts and the whole thing whites out on CT. And we can distinguish all of the acute, the fibrous, and the bony phases of labyrinthitis pacificans on imaging. So here's an example of an acute phase. We see that there is intact structures here, the vestibule, the semi-circular canals, the cochlea, but they're all abnormally enhancing on this post-contrast T1. This is the acute phase, the active inflammation within the labyrinth. The next phase that we're going to look at is the fibrous phase. And you can see that although the inner ear is well seen on this T2 on this side, here all of the inner ear structures are ghostly and almost missing, right? Now we don't know whether this is the bony phase or the fibrous phase yet, because we don't know whether that's filled with bone or whether it's just filled with tissue. So we're going to look at the CT on that same patient and we can see that from a bone perspective everything still looks normal, right? This is the fibrous phase where you can't detect it yet on CT. You can only detect it on MR by displacement of that fluid. Now eventually we're going to end up in the bony phase here and you can see that the basal turn of the cochlea is being encroached on by bony structures, filling in posterior to anterior. This is early bony phase of labyrinthitis pacificans. If you allow this to go on for long enough, it looks as though the entire labyrinth is gone, just little traces and ghosts of where the labyrinth ought to be as it fills in with bone.