Welcome viewers to thinktechhawaii.com. My show is The Will of the People, and I am your host, Martha E. Randolph. Today's show is a follow-up to our October discussions with Stephanie Kendrick from the Humane Society of Hawaii. And it is all about the current legislative issues and bills that they feel are most important right now to keep protecting our pets and all animals in Hawaii. Stephanie is the public policy advocate for the Hawaiian Humane Society and has been with them since 2016. She's a pet owner and a foster parent for animals who need temporary housing. We encourage all of you to join in that job. Welcome, Stephanie, and thank you for coming in today. Martha, thanks so much. It's always great to be on the show. Oh, it's fun. Listen, I know it may be short notice for people, but let's talk about the bills which are coming up because I think they're being discussed tomorrow. We do. And we need people to show up to support these bills. So let's tell them everything we know about them. And everybody, please remember that even if you don't show up tomorrow, these bills may be coming up again and again. So keep in touch with the Humane Society about this. Anyway, let's start with the one that you think is most important. So we have a huge hearing tomorrow. It's got nine animal welfare bills, I think, on the agenda. So yeah, it's going to be a really interesting day covering a wide range of issues. The bill that the Hawaiian Humane Society is championing this session is our pet friendly dining bill, which was introduced in the House by Representative John Mizuno. And this is a bill that's really about more than just the delight of getting to have dinner with your dog. It's really about what kind of a community do we want to be. And the Hawaiian Humane Society has long advocated for the integration of our pets into our daily lives. And so this is a step in that direction. It's a step toward a more pet friendly community. OK, and I believe there are built into the bill restrictions for people who are concerned. They say, well, I'm afraid of dogs, or I think it's unhealthy to eat with dogs. It's not a free reign. There are limitations. So do you want to tell them about that, or just have them read up on their own, right? Sure, no, I'm happy to share with that. The bill number, if you want to read up on it, on your own is HB 681. You can find the text of it on the legislature's website. But there are provisions in the bill that have to do with public health and safety. And most importantly, what I try and communicate to people is the bill just permits restaurant owners to adopt pet friendly policies. It doesn't require them to do anything. So fundamentally, it would be up to the restaurant to decide how they best want to serve their customers. And if the majority of their customers don't want to be bothered with having dogs around, well, then they probably wouldn't adopt the policy. So it really just gives them the discretion to make that decision. But the bill does include things like the pets have to stay either leased or confined. They have to stay off the furniture. There are provisions that take care of the primary complaints that you would hear from people who don't want to be bothered by animals. The animals aren't supposed to interact with anyone unless that person approaches and asks to interact with the animal. So we did put a lot of thought into public health and safety when we crafted the rules. And the other point of it is that there's a posting requirement. So not only are there rules, but the rules have to be posted at the restaurant, any entrance to the restaurant, so that pet owners are aware of what the expectations are before they even go in. People who are concerned will know what their rights are. Yes. I think that's excellent. There are, however, other bills, some of them which I seem to remember have been there before and maybe didn't get through and some which concern me deeply. Let's talk about HB 200 and a few of the others. So HB 200 is the tethering bill. And as you probably remember, Martha, because you've been an animal advocate for a long time, we were very close at the end of the last legislative session to passing that measure. And it did die pretty much at the last minute. So we are very much hoping that this is the year that it gets through. It's been four years that we've been advocating for basically this legislation. And what it does is it restricts the kind of tethering equipment and techniques that you can use to confine a dog so that the dog's safety is accounted for. So you can't use equipment to confine a dog that's gonna be left alone that the dog might be able to injure themselves with. It's very clean bill. There's been no public opposition. And we're really hoping this is the year that we'll get it passed. Oh, so okay, with no opposition, do you know why it didn't get all the way through? Why it died? I don't, you know, sometimes it just comes down to lawmakers have priorities that they consider to be more important. Okay, all right. And what about some of the others? I think, I like HB 930, a great deal. I've been waiting for something like this. Let's talk about that one. So HB 930 was introduced by Representative Chris Lee and it's modeled off of California's recent law that says that retail pet stores can only obtain the animals they're going to sell from shelters or rescues. So that's where the law starts. The law also has a record keeping component that we think is really exciting because right now the pet sales trade in Hawaii is completely unregulated. And what this measure would do is force retailers if they are going to sell pet animals to keep a record of where those animals were obtained and that could have a real benefit for animal welfare. Okay, now you just said something interesting which is a little bit different from what I had written down. You written down, it says from humane, certain humane sources. You mentioned pet care like the Humane Society, the Oahu ASPCA and things of that nature. Does it not allow a pet store to sell animals from a reputable or certified breeder? Yeah, it doesn't. Breeders are not allowed as a sales source under the bill. But I will point out that Hawaii actually doesn't have any sort of regulation for breeders. So it would be difficult to have a provision that said reputable breeder because there's no way to know. Right, and I believe, am I correct in thinking that when I came here I was told that there were animals being imported from New Zealand and Australia or something from puppy mills because those countries did not have rabies and they could get the animals in. But of course puppy mills anywhere in the world, animal mills where animals are kept in cages and forced to breed, not only does it lead to unhealthy animals and sending them all the way over here from Australia is pretty horrific as a concept, but we don't wanna support that in the first place. Right, and it is still legal to bring in puppies from those countries. Are there many pet stores that are doing that because I'm happy to say that the pet stores I frequent do bring their, get animals from you guys from the humane society? Yeah, so most pet stores in Hawaii no longer sell pet animals, you know, or they're giving them from rescues, but there are a few that still sell puppies and kittens that are obtained from, we don't know where. Yeah, okay, well, I mean, I would like to see that rule put in because we certainly have a large number of adoptable animals and the people who do breed them here will advertise in the paper and maybe that's something that can be looked at at another time because, you know. And I think, not to interrupt you, I'm sorry, Martha, but I think most, part of almost the definition of being a responsible breeder is wanting to make sure that your animals are going to an appropriate home. So I don't know of any breeders who I would consider responsible who are not selling the animals directly. I mean, they want to be able to meet the families and see what the situation is. Because the pet store does not have that requirement. Right, so I don't think this is really cutting off an opportunity for our responsible breeders. What does the Humane Society do when somebody sees one of their pets at a pet store and wants to adopt it? How does the Humane Society exercise that care to make sure that the adopting person is not going to abuse that animal? In fact, I wondered about that just in general because usually you don't have somebody doing a search on you. But then most people don't actually go out of their way to adopt an animal unless they really want to. Nevertheless, there are some people out there who have ulterior motives. So is there any way to check that? Is there anyone besides reputable breeders who are in a position to check that out? Well, we're not going into people's homes, obviously. We do have a screening process. Our adoption staff is trained to ask questions to make people understand the animal's needs and are able to meet them. And so that's the approach we take is just to have that conversation with them. It's true because a lot of people don't realize the obligation that goes along with certain types of animals. A single older woman in a small apartment does not want to have a great dang. Actually, great dans are pretty lazy. Well, they are. And they're almost as tall as you are if they sit next to you. They're quite ergonomic. That's true, that's true. Well, I just have been an active dog, a terrier. Are those dogs that need to get out there, they will wreck the house, and then that dog only ends up coming back. That's one of the reasons we say that size limits are really not a good criteria for apartment fitness, because there are some small dogs who are very active and ill-suited to apartments whereas some large dogs like your great dane could be perfectly happy. If we have time, I'll tell you a story about a great dane I knew. And all of you guys, because everybody needs to laugh. Now, before we go into any kind of break, let's talk about HB 24, because I was shocked. I didn't even know it was an issue. And it is a difficult issue, but let's bring it to the attention of people who are watching this show.  And Hawaii is one of only five states that does not have a law in the books, specifically prohibiting the sexual abuse of animals. This is a measure that's come up before and typically it's never heard because people just don't wanna talk about it for understandable reasons. But it would be a helpful tool to have on the books. We can prosecute cases of the abuse of animals through our animal cruelty statute, but for those cases to move forward, there really needs to be evidence of physical harm. This law, if this law passes, it means that if we can just prove that the interaction happened, then that's sufficient. We don't have to prove that there was physical harm to the animal. So it would be in advance. I really respect Representative Cregan, who's the chair of the Agriculture Committee for putting this on the agenda tomorrow. And I hope this is the year that we can just move it through and put Hawaii on the same path as the 45 other states who have similar laws.  I would think an issue like this would unite everyone on both sides of the aisle because for the religious right, this is bestiality and it is distinctly against the Bible and other such things. And on the left for people who simply are compassionate to animals, that does harm the animal. So actually when you mentioned that, I would imagine that in any such case, there would be evidence of animal harm. Oh, well, certainly animals can't consent to any behavior like that. That's true. So there's an intrinsic harm. But I mean, well, we won't go into it in detail because this is not that kind of show. However, I do think that this is something, ladies and gentlemen, if you would like to bring up a delicate point that maybe the Congress is too delicate to bring up for itself, this might be something to speak out about because it's abuse. It's abuse, pure and simple, and it has to be addressed. I just didn't even know it was an issue. And what about 716? I think that is also sounding familiar to me. Hasn't this been on the books for a while? And let's talk about that. So that would codify the administrative rules that were passed last year, banning the import of dangerous wild animals for circuses and fairs. We talked about that on your show back in October. And so those rules were passed. The governor signed them. We'd been fighting for them for four years, so it was a wonderful victory. Hawaii is now just the second state in the country to ban wild animal acts. What this would do is basically give the legislature's stamp of approval to that concept. So it would say the legislature says we absolutely think this was the right decision and this is Hawaii's policy. These animals should not be transported across an ocean to entertain crowds. Okay, so with or without this bill, is it still forbidden for that to happen? I'm not saying that it is forbidden. It's just this is broader language or better language and more positive language. Okay, so if they have to drop an issue because they've got a full plate, drop the one that just reinforces the one you've already passed guys, come on. Let's just move it along. There is also a bill I believe that you are in opposition to. Yeah, so let's talk about what that bill is and why you're in opposition to it. So HB 127 creates an extra sort of littering offense that would apply to pet waste. And we have a couple of problems with it. Obviously the Hawaiian Humane Society is always advocated for responsible pet ownership. So we are completely on board with the concept that people should be picking up after their animals. But there are county laws that require that already. And the state health department in fact has the ability in any situation where pet waste would pose a public health threat, they have the ability to deal with that now. So the bill is unnecessary, but the way it's written, the language is so broad that we're concerned that it could be used to penalize people who care for cat colonies, volunteers who go out and spend their own time and resources to stay in neuter cats that other people have abandoned and to make sure that they're fed and healthy and so on. And we don't want this law to be used to punish them for the good work that they're doing. So that's our main concern. We're gonna go to break now, but then I'm gonna come back to this because I do have some questions on it and we do have more time. So ladies and gentlemen, this is The Will of the People on thinktankowai.com. My guest, Stephanie, is from the Humane Society. We are talking about bills that are gonna be dealt with tomorrow. So please pay attention and enjoy your little break. I'm Jay Fidel of ThinkTek. Our flagship energy show among the six energy shows we have is Hawaii, The State of Clean Energy. It plays every Wednesday at 4 p.m. Come around and see us. Learn about energy, keep current on energy on thinktekowai.com. Hey, loha. My name is Andrew Lanning. I'm the host of Security Matters Hawaii airing every Wednesday here on ThinkTek Hawaii live from the studios. I'll bring you guests. I'll bring you information about the things in security that matter to keeping you safe, your coworkers safe, your family safe, to keep our community safe. We wanna teach you about those things in our industry that may be a little outside of your experience. So please join me because Security Matters, aloha. Hi, everyone. This is Martha Randolph on The Will of the People. You are watching thinktekowai.com. My guest today is Stephanie Kendrick from the Hawaiian Humane Society and she is their legislative agenda specialist. And we are talking about the bills in the Hawaiian legislature that are going to be reviewed tomorrow morning at 8.30. We're going to give you that information because we would like you to show up and testify or support the ones that you agree with. So before we went to break and we'll come back to giving you that information. So listen for it. We were talking about the bill you oppose, which is HB127 because it creates a littering penalty, which actually there is already bills to address for people who leave doggy doodoo and kitty doodoo on the street or on public or private property. And the concern, I believe you expressed, is that that law, the way it's phrased right now, could be used against those people who take care of feral cat colonies even though they are not the owners of those animals. And of course the feral cat colony, you cannot control where they're going to do their business. So you can't clean it up even if you want to. I'm not sure how you would prosecute someone since that person could officially be recognized as not being their owner. And most cats, when they come to their people to be fed, do not poop where they're being fed. That's the nature of cats. They go elsewhere to do their business. So I'm not sure how anyone who feeds cats could be held responsible for what they do when the person's not around, when they do not actually own the animal. But could language be added that protected those people by saying that the ownership of any animal whose waste you are protesting must be proven? Uh-huh. Well, the difficulty with that is that one of the most important functions that volunteer cat colony caregivers serve is that they have the animal spade and neutered. That prevents them from breeding and creating more homeless cats. And in the process of getting the animal spade and neutered, they're typically microchipped to the person who brought them in. And under at least Oahu county law, if an animal is microchipped to you or just if you're providing care for it, you are the owner. Right. So even though people who care for colony cats aren't owners in the sense that pet owners would normally think of themselves, they are the owners in the eyes of the law. And so we don't want them to be punished for the extra responsibility they're taking to take care of the community. Okay, so which ladies and gentlemen, brings up another issue, which is if you transfer your responsibility for an animal to another person, regardless of the reason, you have to remind them or take steps to make sure that any information on their chip has been transferred to that other person or at least that your information has been taken off because otherwise, and I didn't realize this, you will then be held responsible. And I have certainly transferred ownership of several animals because I have adopted animals not through the Humane Society and sought homes for them and passed them along. And I actually had one animal that left me, left me and went across the street to the neighbors and as far as I know, he's still registered as my pet. He doesn't talk to me anymore, it's so sad. Anyway, updating microchip information is so important for so many reasons.   Absolutely. So, but we were talking about the fact that the bills we've been mentioning are coming up tomorrow morning in the legislature. Now, Stephanie, tell these people how they can find out about it, how they can register if they need to register, where they need to go to show up and participate, and even if they have to register to participate or where they can find more information. So let's tell them right up. Sure, well, the Hawaii State Legislature actually has a wonderful website, hawaii.capital.gov and all of the information you need to attend the hearing is available there. The hearing tomorrow is in room 312 in the Capitol. It's at 8.30 in the morning. It's a hearing of the House Committee on Agriculture. And you do not have to register to participate. Although the easiest way to submit testimony on the state's website is to create an account. It's very simple one-time thing and then you can submit testimony at the push of a button for the rest of your life. You can also submit testimony via email to the committee that's hearing the measure. A great way to be informed about animal welfare legislation going forward is to join our community advocates email listserv. And to do that, you can just email advocacy at hawaiinhumain.org. And I send out regular updates regarding the measures that we're tracking, supporting, opposing what the rationale is. And we have a lively conversation with our community advocates about how they feel about these issues. It's a fun group of people to interact with if you're interested in animal welfare. Yeah, and by the way, I just wanna correct one thing, which is that website is www.capital.hawaii.gov. Thank you, Martha. And because it's very easy to get those exchanged because sometimes they are, it's very confusing. But please do this. First of all, if you register, then any time you hear any political information on this show and something you wanna speak up about, as Stephanie said, it's just a push of a button. And you can at least send them by email your two cents, whether they read it or not, you don't know, because not everybody can show up on a weekday at 8.30 in the morning at the legislature. But you can, even if it's just the count of emails, and you say, I am for this, and they count 50 or 100 pro emails, the numbers alone are going to help make a difference. Yeah, a couple of the things we really encourage people to do if you're gonna weigh in on animal welfare or any other issue is just a sentence or two is fine. If it's personal and heartfelt about why you care about this issue and also always give your name and your neighborhood, because politicians respond to their constituents. So if you live in an area they represent, that's going to mean even more to them. Yeah, it is, it is. One of the things that we mentioned back in October was the fact that the Humane Society had opened up some really new, huge spay and neuter clinic. Have people been taking advantage of it? Have indeed. I wish I brought those numbers with me. I didn't know we were gonna talk about it, but we just- A guesstimate will be good. Yeah, we just released our first quarter numbers for the center and it was, I wanna say it was close to 1,000 surgeries. Wow. Yeah, in three months time. So it's been a real, I think, it's a great resource for the community and we're happy to be able to offer that. And it's been a mix of free roaming cats and pet animals, which is what we intended it to be. So very successful so far, the staff's been working really hard. I think that's fantastic because making it easier for people to just go and get their animals spayed and the fact that they're taking advantage of it shows us and shows the government that people have always wanted to take care of their animals, but it was a pricey procedure. And as I said, I used to buy those $50 certificates and then I'd go to one of the vets that was listed and they would try to hit me up for another $50 worth of all sorts of stuff that was not listed that they could get away with. And in the defense of the vets, they have a protocol, there's a different protocol for private clinic treatment and for shelter treatment. Exactly. So we are doing the basics. I mean, we're doing spayneuter and making sure the animal's healthy enough to get through the surgery. If you go to a veterinary clinic, they're gonna want to do more. They're gonna want to provide more for the animal's welfare. So it's not that they want to gouge people. It's really just that they have a different level of services they're expected to offer. Which is understandable. Which brings up another point, which I don't know if we have enough time to go into it, but maybe it's another discussion, which is, is the humane society ever going to be able to offer basic health care other than spayneutering for people whose animals are in need? But I have seen many cases where a person has to surrender an animal. They don't want to surrender it and usually they can be taking care of it, but there has been a problem and they cannot afford to have it cared for. And there is something so heartbreaking about that. I would hope that someday the humane society can find a way to help people keep their pets or at least reclaim their pets. When they are in a better situation. I think it matters. So do you think there's any chance we can ever find a way to do that? Or even if it's limited, even if it's just, okay, we can do it. We do have to charge you, but we can make an arrangement or we can charge you less because like you say, the requirements are different at a shelter than they are.  I mean, one removed his leg. Why? Because he was turned in because it was damaged and his owner could not pay for the surgery. And I'm sure he found a wonderful home. He was a sweetheart, but if that person otherwise was able to keep that cat, I think that's sad. Do you think anything can be done about that at some point? Well, you know, no one wants to see anyone have to give up an animal because they can't afford their medical needs. And the tricky thing with being a nonprofit is trying to focus on priorities, right? You can't be all things to all people. And one of the reasons we went the route of the Spaniard clinic is because overpopulation is such an enormous issue in our community. And we really wanted to make inroads there. Oh, that would be first in any case. So, and that's kind of the calculus you have to make every day as a nonprofit is what can we do? What fits best in our mission and what maybe fits in someone else's mission better? And I would love to see support in our community for more low-cost veterinary care for folks so that they don't have to be in the situation you're describing. Yeah, I think I would hope in the future maybe that's something we can find a way to work for even if it has to be raised as a separate donation. I know that there are people who make very large donations to the Humane Society and target it such as dogs, small dogs who are open for adoption who may have had a heartworm and therefore are gonna have to have treatment. And that treatment is subsidized by a friend of the society so that people can adopt that dog. Otherwise they wouldn't because there's gonna be a medical treatment involved. Yeah, all of our heartworm-positive dogs are treated on campus. Oh, okay, well, see, that must be new then since I was last looking at it. Yeah, it's been a few years, but we have, yeah, we do have the funding so that if a dog is adoptable but has a heartworm condition, we will treat the dog for the heartworm condition. And it's the only case in which we actually do a foster to adopt program. So the heartworm-positive animals are put out on the adoption floor but if a family is interested in them, we explain that they are still going through this treatment and the family can foster the dog through the course of the treatment which the point Humane Society pays for. And once the dog is completed the treatment and is free of the disease, then they will be officially adopted. So we do that with any heartworm-positive animals. That's fantastic. So, ladies and gentlemen, I just want to encourage you again. If you have room in your house, if you're an animal lover, there are many pets that need to be temporarily taken care of. Whether they are cats and kittens or puppies or full-grown dogs, if you have the room, it helps the Humane Society. And it keeps those animals alive longer if they can be kept with a foster family, it will not overload the Humane Society. And once more, Stephanie, I believe the Humane Society does not that casually put animals down anymore. Am I correct in that? Well, we don't euthanize for space. I mean, and our foster care program is a wonderful benefit in that, if we do get to the point where we have more animals, then we physically have the capacity on campus to care for. We call on our foster volunteers to help with that. So any animal put up for adoption by the society will stay for as long as it takes them to find a home. We have a cat right now who's been there since last summer. And we're all in love with him, but he hasn't found his perfect home yet. But that's not that uncommon. You know, we prefer them to go more quickly because it's better for them, but we will keep them for as long as it takes them to find a home. And there are also discount days, I think. Like there's seniors who adopt senior animals. There's a special price to make it more affordable. And then every now and then there are sales, as you might say, for adopting animals. And if you find that the adoption price standard is too expensive for you, ask about that. Find out about that because the Humane Society wants you to adopt that pet. And if there's something standing in the way, they will try and help you find a way to adopt that pet. And we need more pets to be adopted. Okay, so am I correct in this? Absolutely. I'm making all sorts of judgments on behalf of the Humane Society. I don't even work for them. But there you go. So we are near the end of our time. And I'm concerned, because I could go on like this forever, but I have a feeling someone's gonna talk in my ear any minute now and say, you've got 10 seconds. So I am going to take this moment to say thank you very much, Stephanie, for having come in today and updating us. Anytime there's new information, we're gonna have you in because this is something I feel passionately about. And I hope all of you will, to the degree that you are able to, to the degree that you feel it's important, participate in caring for all wildlife, all pet life, and also pick up the duty after your animal and do not put them in my recycle bin. Whoever's doing that, you don't do that. Put it in a garbage. Okay, I just had to have that. I just had to say that. Thank you very much, everyone. This has been Martha Randolph at the will of the people. This is thinktecawaii.com. I am going to be having knee surgery in the coming weeks. So you may not see me for the next four weeks or so the next two shows, but I will be back. Thank you very much for watching. Take care. Bye-bye.


Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here and it's time for a G.I. Joe comic book review I've been trying to do these comic book reviews every month, but I haven't been keeping up with them very well They've been kind of irregular, but since we don't have a full G.I. Joe toy review this weekend I thought this would be a good time to catch up on the comic book reviews We will be looking at issue number 25 this time just recapping issue number 24 after G.I. Joe captured Cobra Commander Storm Shadow came to his rescue Storm Shadow managed to spring Cobra Commander from captivity But then the G.I. Joe team captured Storm Shadow Cobra Commander returned to Cobra headquarters in Springfield to confront Destro the Baroness and Major Blood who had tried to take over the organization in his absence Major Blood had tried to keep tabs on the ninja Storm Shadow by placing a tracking device in Storm Shadow's sword But Storm Shadow had discovered the tracking device and mailed it to an address in Florida at the very end of issue number 24 two new characters Wild Weasel and Firefly were investigating the shack in Florida at that address Only to discover it is occupied by Zartan moving on to issue number 25 We have a cover that shows the dragonfly helicopters swooping down and attacking the water moccasin Cobra Commander is driving the water moccasin and Zartan is standing on top Nothing on this cover is quite toy accurate Everything just seems sort of distorted from how it ought to look But it is an exciting and energetic cover other than the fact that this issue does include these vehicles and these Characters it doesn't really reflect what happens in the issue the publishing date on this issue is July 1984 on the splash page we have a title Zartan But Zartan does not appear on this page instead We have short fuse driving a boat with roadblock and Storm Shadow and the boat is headed toward Alcatraz Island We have a creative team of Larry Hama script Frank Springer pencils and Mike Gustavish inks The Joes plan to use Alcatraz to imprison Storm Shadow Of course Alcatraz was used as a federal prison up until 1963 Storm Shadow announces his intent to escape and that would suit roadblock just fine because that would give roadblock another Opportunity to beat him up as they are locking Storm Shadow in his cell We see the same tattoo on his right arm that we saw in issue number 21 We cut now to the Florida Everglades where the water moccasin is speeding through the swampy water in the gun turret is Cobra Commander Destro and the Baroness and it is not driven by Copperhead It's driven by a generic Cobra trooper. This is all wrong This artwork totally distorts the proportions of the water moccasin It is possible to carry that many people on the boat But you cannot fit three people in the gun turret not even close Zartan then approaches on his swamp skier and does a jump over the water moccasin So this is our first look at Zartan in this issue Zartan and the swamp skier also don't look quite right And I have to say this about Frank Springer's artwork. His artwork has never been my favorite on GI Joe He doesn't make any attempt to make things accurate. The artwork seems unfinished in places There are some lines that are just missing and the colorist even has a hard time figuring out Where the coloring should start and stop on the uniforms on the one hand I like the energy and looseness of his style But on the other hand it just seems to lack effort Zartan brings Cobra commander Destro and the Baroness into his hideout Which is a shack in the swamp But he reveals that not all is as it seems as he transforms the interior of the shack from a Rustic setting into a high-tech headquarters We cut to the Gulf of Mexico where the Joes are aboard a freighter planning on sending a recon team to check out the shack in Florida this freighter the USS Jane was GI Joe's main water transport before they got the USS flag aircraft carrier We get some new characters deep six and mutt and junkyard So we are rounding out our 1984 lineup after Expositing about the mission zap and wild bill go to the mess where we get a larger panel with a bunch of the Joes Sitting around eating torpedo is eating lunch wearing his diving suit for some reason I feel like this panel is supposed to have more impact like this is the big reveal Of the team for this mission, but the panel is not big enough So the figures in the panel are still kind of small nothing quite looks right Nobody's uniform is drawn correctly and take a look at the flag on wild bill's arm It's got like three red stripes and that's when the artist decided that was good enough And so he just stopped before they leave on the reconnaissance mission Each of the characters shows his signature personality trait like junkyard is friendly and mutt is mean And tripwire is clumsy and deep six just isn't very friendly Meanwhile in Bethesda Naval Hospital snake eyes in his full commando gear is Visiting gung-ho gung-ho was injured in the capture of storm shadow gung-ho notices snake eyes has the same tattoo He saw on storm shadow when snake eyes hears the description of the tattoo He quickly disappears like Batman this scene is necessary for the narrative in issue number 21 We saw that snake eyes and storm shadow had the same tattoo, but we did not learn why that was a few issues ago So the reader needed to be reminded of that connection up to this point Snake eyes was unaware that he had a connection with the cobra ninja remember in issue number 21 He did not see storm shadows tattoo. This is the first. He's learned of it I also like that gung-ho is in the hospital He was injured in the previous issue and it's nice to see that the injuries have consequences The characters don't just magically heal by the next issue in the secret gi joe headquarters the pit hawk and scarlet Exposit more about the mission in Florida and hawk's uniform is not figure accurate But the holster on his chest does kind of foreshadow the version 2 figure hawk gets a coded message from gung-ho Gung-ho is the first to notice this connection between storm shadow and snake eyes and he immediately calls his boss hawk calls over to alcatraz and talks to Duke and Orders a check on storm shadow back in the Gulf Coast to dragonfly helicopters are taking off from the deck of the ship and The ground mission guys are riding on the skids. They even have the dog riding on a helicopter skid There's no way that would work deep six puts on the bubble helmet for his pressure suit and it is so awkwardly drawn I'm sorry. This artwork is just bad. I try to see the positive in it But this is just poorly drawn back as our tans headquarters He has the captured wild weasel and firefly brought up and Zartan reveals a little trick where he shakes firefly's hand and Absorbs his camouflage pattern. This is the first time we see Zartan's shape-shifting Disguise ability. It's not explained exactly how Zartan does this in later issues They try to explain it as holographic technology But holographic technology cannot explain everything that Zartan does in interviews Larry Hama has suggested that Zartan may have Mutant powers this goes much more deeply into the science fiction realm than this comic book has before these two pages also Give us our first look at the dread knocks the dread knocks do not get a grand entrance They're just sort of there they look more or less like they're supposed to but they're still a little off The coloring is off their uniforms are a little off their hair is off And I'm not sure if this is because these are early designs of the characters or if the artist was just lazy We jump back to the swamp where the dragonfly helicopters are sweeping and low to drop the team off the ground team jumps from the low-flying Helicopters into the shallow waters of the swamp and of course trip wire is clumsy So he falls face first the personnel on this mission is a little curious I'm not sure what trip wire is supposed to do on this mission Mud and junkyard could be used for tracking so that kind of makes sense Torpedo is a Navy SEAL so he would cut it but he is still equipped for diving Zap and airborne are aboard the helicopters and honestly either of them would make more sense for the ground mission than trip wire Firefly and wild weasel attack the dragonfly helicopters in the water moccasin And I am beyond confused by this artwork the dialogue suggests wild weasel is driving the water moccasin Firefly is in the gun turret but the artwork suggests that wild weasel is in the gun turret And then on the next page firefly is in the gun turret and wild weasel is definitely in the cockpit We have four pages of this battle in the swamp between the dragonfly and the water moccasin and interspersed in those pages We have random panels at the Alcatraz location and I do not understand this transition There's no parallel action between what's happening in Alcatraz and what's happening in the swamp There's no logical link between those panels and what we are seeing in Florida They're just out of place We get our first reveal of the shark flying submarine piloted by deep six and on the first two panels has drawn So small and with such choppy lines. It's hard to even tell what it is There's one panel where the water moccasin looks like it's been squished and deep six looks like he's driving with his foot up on the dashboard And the shark has a car steering wheel. There's that awkwardly drawn bubble helmet for deep six too. It's just a weird shape It's almost like the artist forgot he was supposed to draw it and then quickly sketched it on there This page that provides the conclusion to the swamp battle is the perfect illustration of my problems with the art on this issue Panel one the shark dives into the water under the water moccasin and then reemerges behind it Panel two the shark is somehow facing the opposite direction with no indication of when or how it turned around As now attacking the water moccasin directly from behind Panel three firefly and wild weasel jump from the badly drawn water moccasin which capsizes Panel four the shark fires a gun at the hull of the water moccasin as firefly and wild weasel swim away I don't know exactly what part of the shark we're looking at or where this gun is that it's firing Panel five the water moccasin blows up it's a small panel for what should be the grand conclusion to the battle Panel six we're back in Alcatraz I believe I can decipher how the storytelling is supposed to flow but I shouldn't have to decipher it The action and the motion of the vehicles does not flow from one panel to another The point of view jumps the line there's no special emphasis to what should be the great climax of the battle And then there's a random panel of Alcatraz thrown in there for no damn reason Back at Zartan's lair the Baroness's internal organs are being compressed by her leather corset And who is that female character sitting next to Ripper at that computer panel? I don't know who that's supposed to be if it's supposed to be buzzer then that is a very badly drawn buzzer There's some dialogue here about loyalty and betrayal you know super villain stuff It recaps some of the drama from the previous issues Back in the swamp junkyard has caught the scent of something and is running after it Mud is chasing him and ordering him to stop and the dog is ignoring all of the commands So exactly how did this improperly trained dog get selected for the team? Suddenly we're back at Alcatraz as Roadblock, Duke, and Steeler inspect Storm Shadow's cell to find it empty The ninja has escaped Back back in the swamp junkyard has led the Joes to Firefly and Wild Weasel who are captured again These guys are worthless Again junkyard runs into the swamp and ignores the dog handler's commands This dog needs to go back to doggy school The dragon flies safely make it back to the freighter and the shark is hoisted to the deck by Crane Deep Six passes on a handshake from Wild Bill because you know Deep Six is not a friendly guy Wild Bill's ready to fight over it, settle down cowboy Back at Zartan's lair there's a sound at the front door Zartan opens the door to see junkyard Junkyard has found his way all the way to the cabin Zartan pulls his pistol and aims it at the dog and that's where the issue ends That's our cliffhanger, will Zartan kill the dog? At the bottom of this narrow panel in tiny letters it says next, snake eyes the origin And that's something I'm really looking forward to I'm struggling to appreciate this issue In some respects it's an important issue But in other respects it is a major step down from issue number 24 The artwork has a, eh, that's good enough quality to it It lacks effort and I hate to say that about any artist because drawing a whole comic book is not an easy thing to do I don't pretend like I could do that But I have eyes and I can see that some of this stuff just ain't right The proportions of vehicles changes from panel to panel I understand that sometimes you can't translate the features of a toy perfectly into a comic book But that's not what I'm complaining about Within the comic book itself it's not consistent I want to like Frank Springer's artwork It has a looseness to it It is a casual style And in some parts it does have a lot of energy But mostly it just feels sloppy and unfinished Can I recommend this issue? Well, sort of I mean it's sort of an important issue It has early appearances of a few major characters First appearance of the shark It reestablishes the link between storm shadow and snake eyes It adds to the lore of Zartan And it shows us his ability to instantly change his appearance The artwork just isn't doing it for me And the rapid transition from one scene to another and then back again It is confusing and it breaks up the action And it's not necessary for the story Those random panels where we switch back to the Alcatraz scene I didn't describe to you what happened in those panels Because I didn't need to They're unnecessary You could have cut from the phone call from Hawk Directly to the team opening the empty cell And you would have missed nothing That real estate on those pages Could have been dedicated to the swamp battle That was raging at the time And maybe used to give us better views Of the vehicles and characters That was issue number 25 A sort of important issue But the next two issues are some of the most important issues In the entire series I can't wait to move on and show you what's next But that's all for this review I hope you liked it and found it informative I've been trying to do these comic book reviews once a month I haven't always been able to keep up with them But I do weekly G.I. 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The following is a presentation of TFNN. The TFNN Bull Bear Training Hour, every training day live at 10 a.m. Eastern. Call now toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER> or internationally at<PHONE_NUMBER>. The TFNN Bull Bear Training Hour. Now, Tommy and Tommy O'Brien. Welcome folks, appreciate you growling and prowling with us. We have the Dow Industries up 37. Nasdaq is flat, S&P's up 4. Gold contract also flat, 14.12 an ounce. We have Silver at $15.20. Light Sweet Crew down 28 cents. $59.15 a barrel. Notes and bonds. You get the 10-year down 4.6, 1.27.26, 30-year down 12 at 1.55.11. Rejected lower price yesterday. Had lighter volume. You're pulling back with light volume. King dollar. King dollar down 92 ticks. Trading 95-650. The year is at 113. The yen is trading at 107.75. And the pound is at 127 to 1 US dollar. And no doubt I heard the update when you did the update, Tom and Bitcoin. We got to go to Bitcoin first, folks. I already got the chart right here. I saved it. There you go. So this is the monthly man. I just won into the short frame. But look at that. Up 1,000 bucks. So I just won. That's just the Rotaries Man all the way from 20,000. We got that spike right over the 61.8. Man, that's a monthly. But man, what a monthly bar. 7,800 to 13,8 on a monthly. That is amazing. It is amazing. And then overnight, folks, you're talking about some volatility. Yeah. So here's the, what are we looking at? A 10-minute bar. Yeah. So you made it down to 10,300. From 13,8, only two nights ago. And then we make it back above 12,000. So you trade from $3,500 from high to low here and then back up $2,000. Right. And we're coming into the weekend. Yeah. So when we come back on Monday, folks, you can expect this volatility to continue because they love basically the weekends. Yeah. When I say that, it's just... The market. I mean, so this, the point right here, that's the point last weekend. You go from the 21st to the 24th. You can see that, I mean, that's where it really jumped from a price point of like 8,800, yeah, 9,800 to opening at like 11,000, 10% over the weekend. And it took four more days to go exponential. Oh, man. Pretty wild, man. Pretty wild. No doubt. Gold. Let's go take a look at the gold contract out there. So we have a gold, you know, going into the G20, you can expect Sunday night, we're going to get some nice volatility. Well, yeah, you'll get volatility because the markets are going to close this afternoon at four o'clock. Eight o'clock on Sunday night, that's when Asia opens back up. And bottom line is that you, with the gold contract here, we've done 217,000 contracts. Bottom line is that it doesn't look to me like this thing's going to back off much. I mean, we can get back down to the lows of yesterday. That's for sure. It was just 14-01. Okay. You know, but it's not a bad setup here. What I suspect we're going to have out here today. Now, 217,000 for this time of day is pretty good volume. So that's going to get us into probably 400,000, which is not bad. Yeah. It'd be interesting to see if you get any headlines today that might affect the dollar, which could move, you know, gold with some volume for sure. For sure. I think futures go a bit 130 for gold, I believe. Yes. And what ends up happening here with the dollar. So the dollar was setting up a nice ABC structure on the way down. The reason I say was is that I don't like, well, yeah, I don't like what's going on with the dollar right now. Because what we'd have is this. So I think the dollar's in an ABC structure down. That being said, though, guess what? Now you're down and you're going to see this contraction of volume is dramatic. It's low. So it's like, okay, man, the dollar isn't done with this bounce yet. You know? Because I would rather see this up right now with light volume than down. Because when it's down with light volume, go through this again. There's no sellers, man. And if there's no sellers, guess what? That means that this thing can bounce again, meaning bounce higher before it goes lower on a basis. Yeah. You know, banks out here today with, you know, the banks went through their stress test. They all raised the dividends. You know, I know. It's pretty amazing. It's a party, baby. It's a party. Break open the champagne. Break open the bubbly. Now, one of the biggest deals out here was Deutsche Bank, okay? I saw some headlines through them as well. Yeah. They laid off what's going on. Well, they passed the stress test. This was a big deal. Okay. Oh, yeah. They said the plan of it laying off half its equity's jobs. Yeah. That's quite a headline. 20,000 jobs. That's big numbers, man. Seriously. One in six full-time positions. I'm just reading left and right, you know. I mean, that's there. That's a lot of people, man. Yeah. And I think, though, I just saw an upgrade. They're in big trouble, right? Many times. Yes. You're in big trouble. Huge changes need to be made for the company to survive. And maybe the market's saying, okay, maybe you have a shot if you're really going to lay off 20,000 people. Yes. Get a little bit smaller, maybe, somehow. And then what you do have on top of that is a stress test one above it. Right here. Okay. And that's, you know, Deutsche Bank passed a stress test as all 18 banks win approval. And, you know, that's a big deal, man. Yeah. You know, because, you know, the CEO, the new CEO that's in here, he's trying to clean it up. The bottom line is that, you know, that's a shot. Oh, for sure. And that's, you know, they're attributing that, they, whoever, you know, Bloomberg, but that it popped right on that news, let alone the layoffs. So maybe that is what's the bigger news in that stock. Yeah. Big numbers, man. Big numbers. There's no doubt about that. Let's go take a look at the NDX and see the strength versus the weakness inside that NDX. You get Western Digital. That's up, we've talked about volatile stock, right? This is all that seems to be up here. That's up 3%. They're chip maker? Yes. Yeah. Let me just look at this. It's, I think it's storage. Collection, yeah, storage management protection, use of digital content. That'd be like cloud. Yeah. Solid straight drives, hard drives. Yeah. So versus chips, right? Right. They're actually making drives. Imagine, you know, so watch this. This is like, you know, 16 billion. And you can see this is the chip business as well as this drive business, the commodity business. Look at the numbers. 14 billion in 2015. 2019, 17, 19 billion. Yeah. 2019, 16 billion. Very volatile. Yeah. It's huge, man. Yeah. It's huge. And so you got ASML holding. That's up 1.9. Alexa Pharmaceuticals up 1.6. Alexion, yeah. And JB Hunt is up 1.5. Taken away from it. You got Biogen down 1.6. Insight is off 1.3. And Align Technology. How about Apple? That's not a small move to be down a full percent. Yeah. Well, this is interesting with Apple too. So let's see what... They're going to be really prone to any headlines with China and the G20. Well, this is... I think we're going to hear from Trump real quick because look at this number. Apple moves Mac Pro production... Oh, I thought it was just the opposite. To China from the U.S. I thought it was saying to... From China to the U.S. Okay. You might get a tweet. So we'll definitely get a tweet now. Exactly. We'll definitely get a tweet now. So Apple has hired their contractor... Quanta Computer. Yeah, to manufacture the Mac Pro computer. Factory near Shanghai. It's saying that Mac Pro is designed and engineered in the U.S. and includes U.S. made components, adding that the final assembly is the only part of the manufacturing. And that's what China is great at, right?  They have the people putting it together, literally snapping the pieces in. Exactly. Exactly. And that's what that points to. Yeah. 877-927... Just before we jump away to Apple, did you see the story with Ives? They're designer guys. Right. That's why it's that. Stepping away, yeah. So this is pretty intense, folks. It is. He's been there two decades. He's their designer. Exactly. He's the sleekness, you know, and whether you like Apple or not, man, they got some sleek products, right? Oh, it's beautiful. And pretty remarkable. He's just going to start his own firm and then be like, and I'll still be your guy, but now you're going to pay me as a business and not as an employee. And Samsung can hire them. Right. Anyone can hire them. Stay right there, folks. Tommy and I come right back. The Taz Profile Scanner is the most revolutionary piece of trading software that you will ever try. Wouldn't you like to approach the markets with confidence? As you begin your trading day, it's likely that you'll be faced with lots of decisions. 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Saturday and Sunday. London Stadium, the home of the 2012 Olympic Games. Pretty cool atmosphere, you know? I'm sure. So let's see. Tickets have been on sale since late last year, but as of Thursday, they were still plenty available. Yeah. I was just thinking, they're going to be standing in front, giving these things away.  They have to fill it. Exactly. So it will be filled for the people in London. Pretty cool. You can go buy some cheap tickets, I'm sure, and see Yankees Red Sox. I mean, got to love it, right? Probably less expensive than if you went to New York and Boston. Well, if they got plenty of tickets left, and it's Thursday, and the games are Saturday, and Sunday, yeah, because that's not how things work in Boston or in New York, as we all know. Not even close. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. And then, you know, folks, we are in Tampa. They're floating the idea of the Tampa Bay Rays. Now, the Rays have a real huge problem just getting any people to the stadium period. Yes. They average about 14,000. Okay. And that's the least amount, and has been the least amount in the whole league. Yeah. For a long period of time. What's happening is that they're floating the idea of doing half the season in Tampa and then half the season in Montreal. Yeah. You know, we'll see. If that happens, it's probably the end of the Rays being in Florida, because it's like you don't go to half a team and then go back to a full team. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Listen, we'll see what happens. It's a tough deal, though. You know, it's a tough deal. Right, right. Coming from, you know, we're Red Sox fans, we're Rays fans, too, but the experience being down here is not the experience that you want in a major league team. Right. They just can't get anything going. The game's not that fun, because nobody's there, right? Right, right.  This is about the team. I know. It's a tough problem. They compete in the same division with the Red Sox and the Yankees, which is almost not even fair. And they do pretty well, especially for their payroll. But baseball's got a little bit of a problem in its own right where they... Four and a half hours. Four, yeah. And they play 162 games a year. Right, right. You know, if you literally want to watch every hour, we're talking about this, just a regular season, right? You're talking about 500 hours, okay? You're talking about 12 and a half weeks of full-time work, just watching regular season games. That's crazy. So that takes a lot of interest. Yes. You know? So that's a tough... And so their carrot folks is that, meaning the Rays carrot, to let the mayor or St. Pete even talk to them, because the way the contract is structured, they can't go make a deal for two more years, is that they would bring spring training back to St. Pete. Okay. You know? So what they would do, they'd have spring training here for six weeks, then they'd start the season here, and they'd end the season here in June. Okay.  So that carrot's pretty good, you know? Yeah. You know? It's a tough situation. Oh, it is. It really is. You know? We'll see where the whole thing shakes out. But you go... Let's go take a look at that silver market. So what I expect we're going to see, you know, is the currencies really moving around quite a bit. Sunday night. You know, silver right now, you know, sideways move, we need another couple good signs of strength in silver. You know, it has broken its downturn.  That move was last Friday, right? No, the three, six. Thursday, I think. Thursday, yeah. So that move was good. You know, the move we're talkin' about, we went from 15-20 up to 15-52, had the volume behind, and that's sad, okay. Silver can get up into this 16-38 number. So it's gonna be about the dollar. There's no doubt about that. And we'll see where that is gonna take us. If we go take a look at the inside the Dow industrials, let's just... You know, I heard... Bowen doin' anything today. Bowen, that's what I want to look at. You know why? Oh, we get some movers. Like you said, the bank's up more than 2%. You got to build down 1%. I'm sure they're going to be hitting that United Health. That's a big one, too. Yeah, look at that. Yeah, so you get to go open up putting 31 positive points. JP putting 16. And what happened, folks, is that they all upped their dividends last night. That's what happened. As soon as the Fed came out, they allowed them to up their dividends. That's because the stretch tells them how much capital they have. So that's where they get to basically judge, oh, well, we have all this extra capital. We'd still pass it. Well, we'll just give it back. It's a number. It is. You got United Health is negative 39. You got Apple negative 14. Johnson, Johnson negative 8. Boeing's off $0.50 in cents for $363 stocks. So Boeing, this is going to be so intriguing watching this shake out. Because what you had yesterday is that the FAA said, hey, listen, man, you've got to fix this. They found another flaw in the software. Yes. The CEO comes out in the afternoon, right? Oh, boy. And the CEO said, yeah, it's going to be fixed. And we expect the max to go back in service in October. October. This is July. So it's going to get really intriguing because when they grounded this, about a month after they grounded it, I remember them saying that, OK, by the end of the year, they're going to be up. And now they're just, he's going to stop pushing it, man. I mean, because when I heard that, I says, whoa, that's a pushback. You know what I mean? It's like, really? You're going to be up in October? I mean, July, August, September, it's 120 days. Oh, yeah. It's how you agree. No. So he's the CEO of the company, right? That's the job he's tasked with getting the planes they produced sold and in the air. Yeah. Because when they first got grounded, they had 4,000 planes on order. And I saw something here about Southwest saying that, too, that Southwest expands Boeing max fleet cancellations until October 1. So no matter what Boeing is doing, Southwest automatically has canceled all the flights that had that max planned into these. And you know, it's interesting, folks. It is what's happening now. It is affecting flights across the country. Here in Tampa, what ended up happening is that you had a couple of the international flights. Now, every airport wants international flights because what ends up happening is that it's better for everyone that's living here. And what we had here is that Icelandic, they only started a couple of years ago. But what happened is that they decided that they stopped just like that because they need that plane. Sure. They wanted to build up a customer base here. But bottom line is that, you know what, not enough planes. OK, Tampa market's just starting. OK, we're going to pull back. We'll look at it. They didn't even say they're going to look at it again, OK? But the bottom line is that they pulled back, you know? Yeah.  And so they eliminated the plane from its flight schedules until at least October 1 a month longer than they had previously planned. So these airlines, they've been kind of updating their schedule, right? Because, I mean, the flight plans of how many planes you need to run these amount of routes. Totally. It's a highly sophisticated mathematical model. But you only want as few planes as possible, right? It's one of them going all the time. So this is all factored in already to their schedules, their plans, they're built in. So they're trying to keep those intact. But they just keep pushing it back. And again, again, again, right? Pretty well. That's a tough one to be in that room, too. Oh, baby. Stay right there, folks. 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This segment is brought to you by Think or Swim. For more information, just click the Think or Swim banner on the front page of TFNN.com. Folks, Dow, Dow Industries up 20, you get the NASDAQ up six, S&Ps are up two and a half. And so, as we're coming into this G20, it's gonna get really interesting, the war of words here, right? It's not gonna stop for a couple of days. It's not. It isn't, yeah.  G? Yeah, G, Fire Shots at US Before Trump Meeting without mentioning it. So, in remarks to African leaders this morning, Xi took a not-so-subtle swipe at Trump's policy slogan America First, warning against bullying practices that Xi said that any attempt to put one's own interests first and undermine others will not win any popularity. Well, this is not... We know that popularity is off the table, so it depends on where it's coming from. Xi then just used the remarks on the digital economy to call a fair and equitable market environment and completeness in the vitality of global supply chains. Yeah. So, it's... We're gonna... Just talking to the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, that he opposed protectionism, as well as external influence on the two countries' relationship. What's he mean, external on the South Korea? Is anything... Is anything... Yeah, right. Our influence, I'm sure. Xi's verbal shadowboxing with Trump underscores the delicate balance he needs to strike. And it is just interesting. There are already pictures out there this morning of Trump and President Macron of France interacting in just the body language. Trump has his hands on his shoulder. And there's also... That stuff's gonna be coming in all weekend, I imagine. They're gonna figure out... Monday morning we come back, folks. What they have to figure out is how both of them can come out winning that we think Trump won... Sure. But the Chinese think that Xi won. Yeah. And that's... If they can figure that out, they're gonna go for it. Right, exactly. That's whether they can. Right. Yeah, so... Because if each person can spin it as a win? Right. And then that's... Because, yeah... Right. It is what it is. And we'll see how that shakes out. If we go overseas, let's go take a look at Shanghai. Because the way the Shanghai market has been trading, it really looks to me like Shanghai wants to go higher. Three, let's see. If that's the case, I would say to me that the next 3 billion... 300 billion, rather, it's not gonna get done. Meaning and tariffs. Because, you know, that is some monster numbers. Yeah, if that comes out, the Shanghai is not gonna pop... No. Popwards, that's for sure. Not. Not on the initial notes. Exactly.   And, you know, you get a gap above it. But it just looks to me like, you know what? Like, last night, I collected lower price out here. You know, it's not going to the moon, but to the way this is set up, it looks to me that you are gonna go back to those highs, which is $32.28. We put this on a longer basis. You know, you're gonna see that, you know, we had already come down into the lows of January 2016. You did it with tremendously lighter volume. You know, they're in the billions over there. So it's $233 against $400. Okay. You came off the lower volume. So it's just like, okay, the top of this consolidation is at $35, you know? So we'll see where this baby's gonna shake out, man.  Let's go take a look at platinum out here. So platinum is still a laggard. Needs a couple more signs of strength. You know, you're up $14 right now. Oh, it's a good move. Okay, that's what it needs. Let's take a look. That's a good... Now, this looks pretty cool, folks. You know, we got the sign of strength coming off the low June 1st. You go sideways. You can see on the 28th, you started pushing higher again. The 20th, thank you. 20th, you started pushing higher with volume.  Let me get this. PLQ, maybe? Yeah, PL... Q? Q? All right, let's see. There it is. B. B, look at that. Okay, so... October already. Isn't that true? Is it gonna... When's 2020 futures contracts coming at us, man? Oh, that's gonna be crazy. Yeah, we're in October of 19. Right. So we're... Yeah, you get action here. This is good. This is saying that... Let's see. So if I do this... Yeah, this is saying platinum cannot get up to 923, you know? Okay. Almost 100 bucks. Now, what's interesting here... Let's just look at this. There doesn't seem to be anything fundamentally that's moving it. Sure. It's a good move. Yeah. That's the real bottom line. All those metals are getting some volatility, man. Yeah. You know, for sure. No doubt. Yeah. Let's go to our man, Charlie, in framing him. Charlie, what's going on, brother? Hey there. Charlie, good morning. How are you doing, man? Hello. Yes, we got you. Okay, cool. Tom, you didn't respond to my e-mail. Maybe you didn't get it. You know, I didn't, Charlie. I would have responded. Oh. Well, I didn't see it. I probably got it. I'll resend it. Okay, cool. It was just in response to a conversation that you had the other day. Cool. With somebody. Okay. Anyway, I'll move forward. Okay. You guys, I mean it, I've got like a 7% profit and, you know, yeah, just looking for some help. Let's take a look. I'm going to go with the Vossichia's 3x long position inside the natural gas market. Oh, natural gas. You're a long natural gas, man. Triple long. Yeah, let's take a look at this video. That's why I'm concerned. Yeah. Because natural gas should seem volatile enough, man. I'm going for the trifecta. Seriously. So, let's take a look at the contract first. Yeah, Charlie, I just take your money, man. Just look at this contract. You know what I mean? Natural gas will go right back down to 213. You're coming right up to ice. So, you know. Okay. Yeah, I know. And that was quick. But I, you know what happened? That's sticking out like a sore thumb, Charlie. You know, just as the bottom line, it came up to ice. And yeah, even with the U-Gas, you can see it's laying out here, man. That thing hasn't got tested yet. That low and that low is $12.97. And that is June 20th. We're just looking at that on, what are you looking at? Silver, platinum. Yes. One of them. And anyway, June 20th. And I can see where you're coming from. It's like, okay, how low can it go?  That's, you know, that's how it's set up, man. So. We made it to 150, 160, 140. Yeah. I mean, we were looking at it yesterday. Yeah. We got lots of natural gas out there. Yeah. Yeah, take the money. Then you can be grooving over the weekend, too. You know? You guys have a great fourth. Okay, you too, man. You too, Charlie. Thanks, man. Have a great one, Charlie. Have a safe one. I'll look for that email, man. Okay, bye-bye. Thank you. That's a good move on platinum, man. Yeah, I like that. See, what's, oh, and gold's moving. Oh, listen, all the metal, oh, I see what's going on. The dollar just went down a few ticks here, like another 70 ticks. Let's see what's going on here. This is going to be so cool, because as these meetings are taking place. Did Trump tweet? What happened? I don't know, but I can tell you. There could be a bigger reaction if we get a tweet, I think. Yeah, we just went from 95, 730. It's not that big. 95, 610. Yeah. But it was a little bit of a pullback as you get a little bit of a pop. That's right. Two to three dollars in gold to the upside, 100 ticks down in the dollar. And we take a look at that. Yeah. Yeah, you know. Not no strength, but not bad. Yeah. I like that platinum move, though. Saying it quite a bit. Stay right there, folks. Tommy and I are coming right back. Our phone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>. Dow. Dow's up 41. Nasdaq's up 8. SAP's up 4. Come right back. There's a lot of money in the country. 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I got my fireworks ready. Everybody, be careful with your fireworks. I gotta go get some. But I got my fireworks ready. I said, I actually have them from New Year's.  So July 4th, we'll see what happens. Yeah, totally. You gotta love it. Let's go take a look at Canopy. Let's see. So Canopy growth, I think it's constant. Yeah, so let's take a look at this. So Canopy is down 29 cents. That being said, I believe, is it? Yeah, so it's... Yep. This is interesting. So look at this. Okay, so alcohol giant constellation brands, latest quarterly revenue, beat market expectations in its earnings, as its earnings were weighed down by the $106 million loss in connection with the stake in Canopy growth. That's interesting, right? The U.S. bear maker of Corona beer and Kim Crawford Wines posted net sales of $2.1 billion. Let's see, in the quarter up from $2.05 billion. Market only expecting $2.07 billion, so sales up not a small amount too. You're talking about in the billion, when you're marking decimals in the billions. But yeah, reported a loss attributable to shareholders for the three month period of $254 million or $1.30 down from a quarterly profit of $743 million. Quite a reversal. Yeah, so what happens accounting wise, evidently, right? They probably have to market their equity. That's what I think that is, right? It could be excluding Canopy growth equity losses. The New York based company says it earned $2.40 per share during the quarter. Constellation said its equity losses in connection with its significant stake in the Canadian cannabis company, total $106 million on a reported basis. Yeah, so what happens there, folks, is that that's just a mock to market. And I bet Constellation... They have a X percentage investment in that company, right? Exactly. And the good thing about publicly traded companies is that you can mark to market every minute of every active day. That's right. And that's a fair representation of the equity that you hold. There it is. 18.8 million shares they have. Yeah. And that's as of December, which is interesting. I'm sure that's when they made their stake. That's probably what they have. Exactly. Exactly. So 18 million, so let's call it 20 million just to make it easy for math. 20 million times 40 bucks for every 10 bucks. You're at 200 million, 800 million. But what has this done in the last three months, right? You just went from, I mean, that's almost... 52. Yeah, 52. Yeah. Just looking for the exact point. I wonder when that goes quarter. Is it April 1st? Because it hasn't. Let's see. So I guess we got to get constellation brands up then, right? That's what we have to do. Well, no, because it would be canopies. Oh, no, you're right. You're right. Yes, constellation. No, but it was all based off canopy. That's the loss, the equity loss was going to be based off canopy's movement of shares in that three month period, which would be the quarter, which would be April 1st, April, May, June. No matter when you report, right? The quarter goes on a three month basis. Okay. So, yeah. STZ. That's, look at it. It's up 10%. Yeah. See, so what you have here, which is important to understand is that I suspect the market, that's just like you have a portfolio, and it's going to go up and down because... Yeah. What happens? You're beating on revenue, too. Yes. Have always matters, you know what I mean? Right. They're beating on revenue. Right. They're heavily investing in the cannabis sector, which is going to be a good long-term play. Yeah. If you had some losses because canopy's stock price, had a tough three months, not really the biggest deal. Now, yeah, that's going to affect your balance sheet. You know, that's where, if you want to go out and make acquisitions, it really helps to have more equity in your balance sheet, which has taken away, but... Now, watch this, folks, okay? This is where John Boehner is going to make millions if he can get pot legal across the country. Because what happened is that... Let's get... I got to find this story, because this is quite a story, because what happened yesterday is that canopy... I still have canopy up there, right? Okay. So canopy ended up closing... There it is today. They're closing their position with acreage. So acreage, if you've heard these ads, they haven't been running lately, but three months ago, that's all you heard in the radio about marijuana stocks. This is a great opportunity. You'd hear John Boehner, you know, on and on going... That's all about... Let me see how I can find this, because when you see the story, is that it right there? That's the story. Okay, sure. Yeah, let's hit that one. Yeah, no, no. Okay, so here it is. Acre Tolding has some head-turned acquisitions in the works. Now that it's planned sale to pot giant canopy growth has been sealed, according to the New York-based company's chief executive officer. There are going to be some really exciting ones. I think some head-turners, some people are going to like. Oh, wow, that's amazing. Kevin Murphy said an interview in San Francisco ahead of the panel's discussion at the Playhouse Technology Summit presented by Bloomberg. Now, the way this deal goes, folks, is that... Okay, so the unusual plan of arrangement between canopy and acreage, which closed Thursday, is contingent on cannabis becoming federally permissible in the United States. For now, acreage's shareholds will receive 2.63... $2.63 of cash, and the company will have access to canopy's intellectual property and brands. If the deal closes, investors will receive 0.5818 of share canopy for each acreage they own. The deal is currently worth $26.32, per acreage's share, or about $3.1 billion. That's about $10 above. Yeah, $3 million above what it's trading at, yeah. So, it's going to get intriguing here. We'll break down more, because they can issue 63 million shares to do acquisitions, and I think that's what they're talking about, part of this plan. Now they can issue shares, they get the backing. Yeah, yeah. Stay right there, folks. Tommy and I come right back. In the nation for the S&P 500 for the last 12, 6, and 3 months. Timer Digest also ranks me as the number one market timer for gold as well. The fact is, markets can be timed, and I'll teach you the exact set of tools that I use that has transformed me into one of the best at what I do. Sign up for Mastering Probability today by clicking on the newsletter tab on the homepage of TFNN.com and get immediate access to workshops where I take you step by step how to use an extraordinary set of tools as well as provide great market calls too. 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And Mike Mayo is really, very well-known folks because he came out before the implosion with, he was always a bank analyst, the banks hated him in 2005 and six because he was saying these banks are going to blow up in a huge way. The beginning knew and paid attention to him and then all of a sudden once it started, of course, everyone went to him like, okay. And so I guess he's a Wells Fargo bank analyst now. Maybe he hasn't been in that forever, maybe he was, but yeah. Now he was with someone else at that point. That's right, right. But bottom line, what he's saying now, which I totally agree with, and in fact I was on the TD Ameritrade network before this came out and I was saying the same thing this morning, that what has happened is that you wouldn't, I wouldn't be buying a bank for growth. Okay. But as a utility, just stability, if you're looking for a couple percent. Sure. Dividend, they're there. And what he's saying is move over utilities. That's it, yeah. Banks are directionally moving towards utilities, especially with the pro-former dividend yield 3% close to a yield of S&P utility ETF 3.1 while having similar return on equities. The banks traded only about half the PE versus those utilities that he's talking about. So, you can see it, I mean they just make money hand over fist. I mean now there's no doubt going forward the fintech companies, yeah, they present a problem for banks. We're talking about the fees, you know, going forward. He says the key takeaway from the results of this year's capital analysis interview, known as CCAR, was that capital return should increase by one-fourth compared to last year, well above expectations in aggregate and for almost every bank. Pretty wild. Seems a good time to be a bank right now, even with rates where they are. Seriously, yeah. Stay right there folks to get, think of Swim coming up next, Kevin Hinks and his team, Basil Shapp and Dave White. I'll be back, Steve Rhodes. 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dog stacking for dog show it's been actually over a year since our last video where I was trying to teach my dog to step on the steps tools and stand there we didn't really practice since quite frankly you guys could see the video the previous session is over a year ago but we finally signed up for dog show and I want to teach my dog how to stand properly how to stack and then obviously how to move so today I'm gonna show you the next kind of step where we at so if you remember in previous videos we pretty much just trained the dog to be still on the step tools and what I'm going to do next is that I need to have a command for every movement and so when I hand stack the dog I adjust his front and I say command step so I do step step the two front legs I say step when I adjust the rear legs I say stretch and I adjust them into position the proper position for the dog is when you look at it so it looks like two legs only so their shoulder and the hips they the legs should be parallel perpendicular to the ground and so when you put the show place the shoulder the leg has to be perpendicular to the ground and at the back the hook of the dog leg right here this has to be perpendicular also right there and so that's what we when you're stacking you can see if there is an angle and so you adjust so the dog is straight more or less I don't really worry too much about it right now I just want my dog to be comfortable when I hand stack him and I want him to learn the commands and why I want the commands is because potentially I'm hoping that he'll be able to stack himself in a free stack and I can adjust him with those commands so let's see how we do today so I'm gonna scoop him over a little bit and then I'm adjusting his front legs hey step good step good step good step good step don't move no don't move good step good step good boy stack stretch sorry stretch good stretch good stretch no and I'm holding him firmly by the collar so he won't move the loose position see him move no stretch no stretch stretch good stretch lean wait good boy lean wait good boy I tell him to lean so he moves forward a little bit to make sure his front is perpendicular and then I tell him to wait to freeze in the position then I reward lean lean good now no I don't want him to move his rear legs stretch stretch good stretch good stretch good stretch lean lean good wait yes lean lean lean wait yes good boy so I do a few minutes at a time and then I let him play a little bit because it's difficult for such an active dog to be still for a while and then we kind of play and then repeat play and repeat play and repeat several times and as you can see he he learned this pretty well at this point so he knows what I'm doing but more or less I want to be comfortable him I want him to be comfortable when I'm touching him and adjusting his body parts and I want him to learn once I adjust if he can't move it until he's released so that's the practice for now happy training