Hey, everybody. This is Alan. Hey, listen, I'm getting ready to go to Akankagwa and leave it tomorrow. So I thought I would just give you a quick update on what's going on as well as talk a little bit about the gear and how I'm going to pack. So, you know, Akankagwa is the highest mountain outside of Himalayas at a little under 23,000 feet. So this is serious, serious altitude. People do die on this mountain even though it's considered a relatively easy climb. There's nothing technical about the route that we're going to be taking. Even though I will be taking crampons and my ice axe along with me. So anyway, I wanted to talk a little bit about the gear. There's three basic parts to this climb. There's the trek in, there is the actual climb, getting up to get established to the high camps before the summit bid and then the summit bid. Each one of those requires a different type of packing, so I want to walk through that.  You'll see a little bit about the gear. Well, the first part of the Akankagwa climb is trek in. It's typically about a three-day trek, which is what we'll be doing. We go through mountain valleys that can reach temperatures of 100 degrees so it can be really hot. Plus there's lots of stream crossings. So I'm going to be wearing a very light top. This is a base layer top that would long sleeves protect me from the sun. I've got pants here with zip-off legs and really sturdy hiking boots. I find this is better for my ankles because some people go with lighter shoes than this. In terms of the gear to carry with me trekking in, very, very simple. I'm going to be carrying three liters of water. I'm going to be carrying a little bit of food, some energy bars. I've got a lightweight wind shirt, a little bit heavier, a soft shell in case it starts pouring down rain. And I've got my hoodie, which is always with me in case it gets a little bit cold, especially at night before the mules arrive with the rest of the gear. Other than that, it's pretty much the basics. You know sunscreen, lip balm, my buff, skull cap, light paired gloves, toilet paper. All this gets into the pack and the way I pack this is the stuff that I need more frequently goes into the top and the rest of it goes down to the bottom. So here we go, let's pack it up. Okay, now that we've made it up to the 13,000 foot camp, now we're going to begin the serious climbing. I've switched over now from my trekking clothes into my climbing gear and basically that consists of a pair of light shell pants here. These are actually windproof. I've got now boots that are suitable for climbing in snow. These are insulated, double insulated boots that will keep me warm all the way to the summit. My top is a couple of layers. I've got a merino wool base layer and another merino wool top with zips so I can ventilate. I can even take this off. And if it gets really cold when I'm climbing up and the wind really picks up, my first line of defense is my good old trusty blade jacket here that is very light but actually is incredibly warm. It kept me warm on the summit of Mountain Vincent. So everything else in the pack. This is not going to be shoveled up and down the camps. So here's the water bottles as you can see. We've got to take those up. We've got a pee bottle. We've got different types of layers here. This is my sleeping bag. This is a zero down sleeping bag. I've got some extra clothes. I've got a layer here for insulated pants. I've got a pair of down pants in case it really gets cold and goes on top of these. This is just some extra gear in terms of batteries, things like that. Extra gloves. And then I've got my regular gloves as well that I'll be wearing. And of course sunglasses and my cap. By the way, sunglasses go all the way from leaving Mendoza until I get back. So all this goes into the pack. I've already got my pad on here, their pad, as well as the Thinsulate pad. And all this goes into the pack. These are the gloves I'll be using all the way through. So let's go ahead and get this all packed up. Again, the same order. Things I need most frequently go into the top. Things I don't need until I get to camp and go into the bottom. So let's go ahead and pack this guy up. Time for the summit. So I basically just add a few more layers to what I was climbing on to get up to the high camp before our summit. Iconcog was known for having incredibly cold summit days. Some of the coldest on the planet. The winds are really brutal up there. I've been up here before and I've absolutely been the coldest I've ever been on any climb I've ever been on, including Everest or Vinson. So one of the first things I add to what I've been climbing in before is this polar tech suit that is a kind of a Union Jack suit. And this thing adds probably down to 20 degrees of warmth to my overall body process. I've got now a down jacket. I'll actually have my belay jacket as well. But this thing goes on in case it really starts to get cold. And then I've got my softshell, my hardshell that goes over this to again lock off all the wind at that point. I've got my regular gloves, but I also have a pair of really good mittens. And this will actually keep my hands really warm. I've got a full bottle of clava that I also can put over. And now I'm always wearing my sunglasses, but now I can also put on the goggles. Again, in case it really starts to get very, very cold. I've also got a pair of Gore-Tex bibs that goes over my pants. I wore these last time on Okancagua. It absolutely saved me from probably getting frostbite. So this absolutely stays with me on my summit pack. Now the water bottle is insulated with a cover on it to keep it from freezing. And we've got crampons and also an ice axe. All this should be good enough to give me to the top of Okancagua and then down again safely. Okay, I've got everything all packed into the two duffel bags here. I'll set to go to the airport tomorrow and hopefully I'll be under the weight limits for the airline as well as for the mules when I get down to Okancagua. Well, this is the second climb of the seven summits climb for Alzheimer's, memories or everything. For Vincent, we raised a lot of money. I hope we do the same thing for Okancagua and along the rest of the seven summits. What I'm asking is for everyone to donate a penny for every foot that I climb or more. You know, you can also go to your employer and ask them to do a matching fund for you. Many companies do that out there. Or you can issue your own challenge grant. Do it on Facebook, do it on Twitter, do it within your friends or family. So for every dollar that you donate, then get them to match it or vice versa. And that way we can leverage this. We can raise a lot more money. Remember, 100% of your donations go to research to find a cure for Alzheimer's. That's what this is all about. Nothing goes to me, nothing goes to my supporters. I'm excited about going down to South America again. This will be my third trip to Okancagua. I've summited two previous times. But I'll tell you, it's a serious mountain. It's close to 23,000 feet. That's about the equivalent of being at Camp 3 on Everest. It'll be a good test for me. I'm looking forward to being back at that extreme altitude. Looking forward to seeing if my conditioning work over the last years paid off. I feel great. I feel really in good shape. I feel very confident. I'm very confident of going with the team, with IMG International Mountain Guides. And I'm really looking forward to it. So please follow along on the blog. There's going to be the spot tracker so you can track us all the way along the way. And it's going to be a lot of fun. Thanks for coming along guys. Appreciate it. Memories are everything. Climb on. This is Alan.


history is here to help. I'm Jay Fidel. This is Think Tech today. We're going to talk about the war in Ukraine revisiting. Actually, we never left the battlefield. We've been visiting it a whole time. We're going to have an update from Carl Ackerman on the war in Ukraine. He is familiar with Eastern Europe and you can talk about that. And we're going to start that drill down discussion, if you will, in one moment. Good afternoon, Carl. It's nice to see your smile and face. Welcome to Think Tech. Welcome to this discussion. Thank you, Jay, the Minch Fidel. All right. We're going to pass right over that. We're going to get to the war in Ukraine. I select news stories to be included in our Think Tech daily advisory. And although there's certainly a lot happening in Congress and in this country, there's also something happening every day in Ukraine. And sometimes I feel we ought to report more on Ukraine because that will determine the future of the liberal world order. So it's a very tender subject and it's prices every day, brutality, war crimes, violations of human rights every day. And so it's important that we keep up with it. And that's why I'd like to have this discussion with you. So in a larger sense, Carl, what's happening? It's been a year. You know, Jay, as most people know, the Ukrainians have been doing quite well. The Russians are now trying to recruit more men and just throw them into battle. And as you and I had discussed, the movie Enemy at the Gates comes to mind when actually it was the Germans that were invading the Russians. And it was at Stalingrad and the approach. And it's a wonderful movie because you see Nikita Khrushchev as a sort of mid-level party functionary telling people to go into battle with some of them without bullets to pick up the gun from the person in front of them who has just been killed and get the bullets from that person and then go and continue to fight. And that's what they did. It was a war of attrition. That's why the Russians lost 20 million people. And the same thing is happening today. Although the Russians are making somewhat of a stand at Bakhmuten, the Ukrainians may have to temporarily retreat from this area in eastern Ukraine. The Russians, as I said, are really using their men as fodder. And they're not training them all that well. And the Ukrainians who are much better trained in fighting for their homeland are doing quite well. And as I mentioned in an earlier segment that we discussed, it's about time that everyone in the world learns that when you invade a country, whether that be Vietnam by the United States or the British in the American Revolution, eventually you're going to lose. Now, it may take some time, but eventually you're going to lose because the people in that country have more to gain and are more concerned about their own country than you are in terms of invading that much less the cost. And the cost is affecting Vladimir Putin also.     And you're sensitive to what the kids are thinking about this. And it's kind of sophisticated. I think a huge number of people in this country do not understand what's going on in Ukraine. They don't understand the stakes and they don't understand the day-to-day. And my question to you is how about the kids? How about the kids coming out of high school, coming out of college? Do they understand it or have they been distracted by other things that have made them less sensitive to what's going on in Eastern Europe? Well, you know, the way I can answer that is if a kid is in an AP class across the United States, whether that be history or anything else, that kid is probably thinking a great deal about what's happening in the Ukraine. And it's at a pretty high level of understanding.  And in most cases, you know, teachers are very adept at teaching students. The complexity of the issues is what is really necessary. And let me answer your question by saying a feeling I've had for a long time about teaching is that, you know, teachers, especially high school teachers, should go into the classroom in the field that they majored in. It's not just, it's not enough to have an education degree and learn while you're teaching. I think that, you know, most of the great history teachers that I've come across, professors or teachers, in my life are people who are trained in their subject. And of course, who are, you know, have a kind feeling towards our students. And that's important also. So I think students, by and large in this country, have some sort of concept of the what's happening in the Ukraine. And the students that I have taught in my life would all have, you know, from Berkeley to Putahau to Iowani to University of Hawaii. Most of them would have, you know, a general sense of what's going on and feel one way.   And the way you approach, I think, the Ukraine will really indicate where you are about democratic feelings. And, you know, there have been broadcasters on the Fox News that question our need to fight in the Ukraine. And of course, I'm not sure whether some of those broadcasters have a deep feeling about democracy, especially as they try to promote, you know, the Hungarian model of ruling. Tucker Carlson comes to mind. You know, years ago, I went to a legal conference on the West Coast, and I was introduced to a teacher from Columbia University Law School. And I said, what do you teach? He said, I teach torture. What? What did you say? Teach torture? You have a class in school in law school, and it's dedicated to torture. How are your, you know, how are your, the numbers? Oh, they come from miles around. They want to hear what I have to say about torture. Because, you know, at the time, there were issues about waterboarding and the like. And so I asked the same question about Ukraine. If I, if I went to a good high school, advanced progress high school, and I said, I'm going to teach a course in Ukraine. I'm going to do what Timothy Snyder does at Yale, right? He has a whole course all about Ukraine from the beginning to now till the future. And he puts every single lecture on YouTube, by the way. And you can watch it for free any day, all those, you know, dozens of lectures.  And so suppose I set up a course like that in high school or college, you age here. And I said, this is not about torture. It's about Ukraine, which is the, you know, what did you call it, the pain of Ukraine? Oh, really, would anybody sign up? I think you'd get a lot of sign up. And I think that you, especially, you know, kids that are particularly interested in the humanities. And I had mentioned this in an earlier discussion that we had, you know, I used to teach a course at Punahou School called European history through Russian eyes. And, you know, you might want to teach, you know, a generally, a general required course like European history, and teach, you know, and have the class, not just as an elective, but as a required course and focus on the Ukraine as a sort of way of getting at European history in general. And I think that would be a very popular course that especially, you know, because it's so topical. And I think you get at major issues, you know, about why, you know, Vladimir Putin talked about denotcing the denotification in Ukraine when he first started and all those things like that. And, you know, that would lead into discussions of World War Two. And then you, when you focus on World War Two, you'd have to go back and you'd have to go back to the original, not Kiev, but Kiev and Rus. And I think, Jay, it would be a marvelous course. And I would, you know, if you taught it, I would take it. If you taught it, I would take it. How about that? The thing, you know, the thing that interests me is on frontline, you know, make hundreds of wonderful, wonderful documentaries. Their current documentary is called Vladimir Putin and the President. Because actually he's been there since roughly 2000 as the guy running Russia.  But what you talk about the war, the invasion by Russia of Ukraine, but it isn't really Russia. It's Putin.  And he defends himself and justifies himself with points of history, right? You know, history is here to help. That's the name of our show here today.  And history is here to be rhetoric rather than truth.  And he's killing those young Russian kids for no, no reason.  So I'm just interested in how long he can continue to do. That's my question. One year now, he has not been successful.  He is what is generally recognized as a pariah. How much, how much rope has he got left to play? Well, as long as the Russian economy remains somewhat okay. I mean, there are pressures on it and there are always pressures on the Russian economy. And as long as he can convince a certain segment of the population, you know, there are no checks and balances on him whatsoever. So as long as he can keep that control going, the problem will be both from the far right in Russia that wants to accelerate the war and from people who were, you know, voting with their feet, as Lenin said, and leaving, you know, Russia en masse. So at some point, you know, I think that, you know, if this, you know, 300,000 new recruits are not successful, and this, you know, prisoner-led group is not successful also, then he's going to be in real trouble. And I do think with the advent of new tanks coming, as you were mentioning, Jay, that today, both from Russia and, I mean, both from the United States, excuse me, the United States in Germany, after the, you know, President Olaf and President Joe Biden made a deal, you know, with these Abrams tanks, and which will come later, and the Leopard tanks, which are going to come soon, I think the Ukrainians may make a significant thrust into Russian territory, but they have to get to that front line. They have to get to the eastern Donbass region. So, and, you know, one of the interesting things is that, you know, if you, you know, I think it's general dynamics that makes the Abrams tank, and as you were mentioning to me earlier, the interesting thing about the Abrams tank is it goes, it works with jet fuel. So, you have a kind of problem in trying to get to the jet fuel into the tank, and, you know, whereas the Leopard tank just uses diesel fuel, and diesel fuel is all over the place. So, you know, and, you know, one of the things that's kind of interesting about the tanks, from my point of view, is that it's sort of a system in itself, Jay. You have the drones that are the flying objects that point out to the tank commanders where to fire, and, you know, you have people around the tanks trying to protect them with the equivalent of the old World War II bazookas. And, you know, the tank seems to be the sort of mini enclave, and they cost a lot to produce. And, but they seem to be the, and I noticed that general dynamic stock, which makes them, has just went up today. So, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's an interesting course and an interesting development. And, you know, I've always admired General Petraeus as a honorable, thoughtful commander.  Yeah, I was not impressed with the government's reaction to Putin's original threat of nuclear war. I thought he was bluffing, completely bluffing. He wouldn't do that. It would, it would, in your end of his ultimate detriment, and it would be inconsistent with his plans, you know, for Europe and the world. And I think, I think Biden reacted much too fearfully to that by stopping the fighters. Joe Biden stopped the fighters. And that was at the beginning, I guess, in March or so, of last year. So now we had the tanks. Zelensky, with increasing frustration, has been asking for the tanks and explaining in the coming bring offensive by Russia, the tanks are going to be critical. And the US has held it up. And what they said was, oh, gee, we can't send tanks over there because it's too hard to repair them. And we can't train the Ukrainians to use them. And all of that is, you know, it's a complete obstacle to sending it over. So we're not going to do it. And the Germans say, well, if you're not going to do it, why should we do it? And so the whole thing was stuck for weeks, maybe months. And I was again, impressed with Biden's lack of will on this. And it's fearful of something, I don't know what, fearful of the Russians, that it was not persuasive. It was not persuasive that it was hard to maintain an Abrams tank. And furthermore, you know, when they finally started edging into an agreement, the Defense Department said, well, we can't do this right away, you know, this is going to be months or years before we get tank number one into the Ukraine. And that hasn't changed, you know. They still say that. And so when you when you say that the leopard tanks from Germany are going to be in Ukraine before, oh, that's a totally true statement, Carl, long before. Because I think this is, you know, from from the United States point of view, they're going to this administration will break its heels. We won't see any any of the Abrams tanks in Ukraine for quite some time. But on the basis of our statement of intention, Olaf first, what's his name? Schultz, yeah, Olaf Schultz, he'll go along with it. He just wanted to hear somebody say something positive. And that was enough for him, because he's under pressure from all of the Eastern European countries who are worried about Russia's intentions about Putin's intentions. So it's definitely a good thing, you know, that Germany will send the tanks in. I hope there are enough of them. You know, we don't we don't realize how many tanks you need to take command of a battlefield. You know, remember all those? What did you refer to the a certain battle in World War Two, where you know, there were literally thousands of tanks on the battlefield?  And then Poles came out to meet them with their with their horses. And so it was a foregone conclusion. But I think that the, you know, the British have their Challenger tanks, the French have their AMX. And because of Prime Minister Schultz's commitment to the Leopard tanks, everyone's putting in their tanks, which of course, you know, you have to admire the Ukrainians because they're getting all these tanks, you know, from various countries that they have to train on. And of course, the United States is training Ukrainians on the Abrams. But, you know, they have to I don't think they started doing that yet. Did they? I think they have. But just barely they were training on a Patriot missile last year. The training them on the Patriot missile. Yes, that's true. Yeah, I think and you may be right about that. I'm not sure if they started training on the Abrams, but, you know, the Abrams is supposed to be, you know, like, it's like 70 tons of metal. And it's, you know, it could go like almost 50 miles an hour, which if you think about it, I mean, I, you know, I drive a Camry J and I'm always amazed that if it can get up to 60 or 65, you know, not that I drive that in Hawaii, because there's not many places you could drive that fast.  But I don't think I think we see tanks in the context of the war movies over the land war in Europe, with tanks on one side of the battlefield and the other side blowing each other up. I mean, it was the subjects of so many movies and so many tanks. But today, between the Abrams one tank and the Leopard two tanks, those guys are using the latest and greatest technology you could imagine. I don't think the Challenger tank is nearly as good, or that there are that many of them that Britain can give. I think it's like a dozen or 13 or 14, it's not much. But even some, and everybody is sort of chipping in. Bottom line, though, is that the Leopard tank highly advanced. And as you were saying, the Abrams tank has every technology you can imagine, including, you know, using drones to identify targets. So all of that could make a big difference. I'm sure the Russians have put in a fair amount of technology in their tanks. But I don't think their tanks are as good as either the Leopard or the Abrams. And this, this ground war will, I'm sure Zelensky's right, this ground war, this ring will have a huge effect on the outcome. Don't you agree? I do agree.  And, you know, the question is always like during the Vietnam War in our own country is, what do we have to gain?  And we talked about the domino theory. And, you know, both were doctrines, which were largely wrong.   And, you know, Vladimir Putin, the differences that I think people believed in the domino theory in the United States of the highest levels of government, including LBJ. But Vladimir Putin must not, I mean, he must know that this is all false. Isn't he referring erroneously to Stalin's destruction of Ukraine in 1933? You know, from a historical point of view, it's hard to say whether the average Russian knows the story. But assuming they knew Russian history, they might refer back to what happened in 1933. How Stalin effectively destroyed Ukraine. Does this play, do you think, is this relevant in today's times? That's interesting.  You know, I don't know, 30, yeah, millions of people died because of collectivization. The question is, I think it might be a little bit more modern in the sense that the Ukrainians played, you know, some Ukrainians played a very negative role during World War II. And did were the people who were, you know, the Ukrainian guards at concentration camps, there were Ukrainians who supported the Nazi movement. You know, so that's all part of this, you know, and, you know, there certainly were people in Ukraine.  So that makes sense. And but I mean, of course, you know, the the fallacy of all this is that Ukraine is still a democratic country. And, you know, President Zelensky said I'm up for reelection and I'm, you know, we have to go through the election process, war or no war. And I mean, that's what we did during, you know, World War Two and during World War One. We had free and fair elections.  You wonder about infrastructure, government buildings, communications, you know, all of that. And you got to give them credit, too, dealing with a certain level of corruption and espionage by his own people. It's really, you know, every issue you could imagine is surrounding Zelensky and still he persists and still he leads and still he is iconic to the Ukrainian people in Ukraine and outside of Ukraine. He is an absolute hero, a leader of a major magnitude. And it's all, you know, I don't want to say it's all about him. In Russia, it's all about Putin. But in Ukraine, it's largely about his lead about Zelensky's leadership.  And one must remember that during the during World War Two, we as a territory here in Hawaii, we were under martial law and, you know, very strict guidelines. And one must remember that Japanese Americans who were Americans and loyal to their country were locked up in concentration camps. And, you know, that's that's really abysmal. And Zelensky has not done this. And I think it's important in terms of the fallacy of of Vladimir Putin to point out that, you know, the leader of the Ukraine is of Jewish ancestry.  And, you know, it's just it's just really it's really interesting. And I also think that, you know, his heritage is interesting because of, you know, he was a comedian and actor. And this was, you know, this traditionally both in the Ukraine and in Russia was an open avenue for Jews. You know, this is one way one area that that Jews were able to, you know, experience life. And of course, there has always been, you know, a great deal of anti-Semitism in Russia. And the word pogrom comes from Russia, not from Nazi Germany. So, you know, but, but, you know, you know, I think we, Jay, you and I are ending on a great note because we're both very optimistic about well, we're not we're not necessarily ending nor are we necessarily optimistic. But let me let me say that there is a fair amount of public conversation about, quote, winning and quote, about having Zelensky and the Ukrainians win. I mean, I think most most, you know, most people who discuss it feel that, you know, he might just very well do it. And he's going to need help from the U.S. But he might very well do it. Now, my question to you, this is not an easy question, Carl. Let it be said, I never like to ask easy questions. What does winning look like? But I mean, winning could happen with these leopard two tanks and the Abrams one tank, you know, with continuing support and with the the the the the strangulation of the sanctions, if that ever really happens the way we want, we could win the I mean, we and the Ukrainians could win. And that would be a blessing for really all mankind. But, query, what does it look like? That's, you know, Jay, that's a that's a wonderful question. And I think, you know, I have to answer with President Zelensky's answer, that is, Russians must be pushed off of Ukrainian territory in total. You know, it's not just, you know, they're not going to make the the only solution, I think, so that no one will act like Vladimir Putin again in Russia is to push the Russians out of the Ukraine completely like the Afghanis did with the Russians, you know, they just kick them out.   And this is this is what has to happen. Now, the thing that we have not discussed, which you have, you know, brought up really well, Jay, is then there needs to be a Marshall plan type European and American Marshall plan to help the Ukrainians rebuild because that's I mean, when you're not in fighting mode anymore, you're going to have to rebuild. And I think, you know, I think we should be thinking about that because I have a lot of faith in the Ukrainian army and and also in, you know, the people who have volunteered like the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain to come and fight for the Ukrainians for democracy.  And it's, you know, the other, you know, kind of component here is when what will India and the leaders in India and China do? You know, are they counseling Vladimir Putin to to get out at some point? Because, of course, they're the two mating two remaining training trading partners trading T. R. A. D. I. N. G. I'm trading partners with with Russia. And I think that's that's also a critical element of this, you know, the famous historian from University of Washington, Donald Treadgold always was very interested in the China Russia US arrangement. And of course, the master to that was Henry Kissinger. You know, you evoke memories, not that I was there, of Yalta and of, you know, the leaders of the Western world sitting there thinking, what are we going to do after the war? How are we going to finish the job? And what is it going to look like? And I don't know if Biden's doing that, but it's certainly a meeting with Modi. And for that, in fact, for that matter with Xi Jinping, would be useful to say, look, you know, this isn't going well for anybody, why don't we just talk about how we can, you know, work the end of it in your interest? And that would that would really help bring things together, just like you also help. The other thing, you know, is you talk about the right wing in Russia who supports Putin. I think that's probably a fiction. Whoever supports Putin in Russia is doing it because Putin insists on it. And, you know, the the punishment for not supporting him may be very draconian. And so I guess the end of it is, I'm just guessing here, and extending your answer, if I may. First of all, you get back to the line, the Dumbass line, Eastern line, and you fortify the line.   And you watch them not only on the line, but you watch them inside Russia, as we do as the Ukrainians do, to make sure they're not building up troops again, as they did in, you know, in the early part of 2022. And that's the first thing. And the second thing is, and you're right, we have covered it here on Sync Tech, talked to architects and engineers and planners all over the world. And you organize a rebuilding of a country which has been largely destroyed. And you make it better. And you make the world adopted, you know, and give it love. And make it sort of the world's child, if you will, and make a better Ukraine. The people will love it. They'll respond to that. And I guess the last question is the Yalta question. What do you do with Russia? What do you do with Putin? What do you do with the people who left Russia, you know, the middle class, the leader, the intelligentsia who left? You bring them back? Do you try to bring them back? Does he try to bring them back? And what do you do with the Russian economy that you've damaged by the sanctions? I mean, I think all of this has to be considered. And it hasn't been won. It may not be won, God forbid. But if it is won, we should be ready. We should be ready for what happens afterward. You know, that's really very thoughtful thinking about what's going to happen after everything is resolved.  I think really one outcome must be that Ukraine must be allowed to join NATO. And then if there's any other incursion, all bets are off with Russia. And I think that's really, that's really great. And you know, I want to go back because this is a show about history. And I really, you mentioned something, Jay, that really struck me. And you know, Vladimir Putin, you know, uses the reference Peter the Great or in Russian, as we say, Piotr Viziki. And you know, he likes Peter the Great because Peter the Great expanded Russia in the Baltic at the expense of the Swedes, you know, winning the Battle of Poltava in 1709. And Russians expanded to the south and tried to beat back the Turks and weren't successful, but then Catherine the Great did. And so expanded towards the Black Sea. So, you know, this is an expansionist ideology. And I think there is a fringe, Jay, that does support Putin because they're Russian nationalists that want to expand their country. And there, you know, every country has their loony tunes. And of course, some of ours are in Congress now, in the House. And, you know, they're really, they're really out there. But, you know, the things that they believe in that are just really odd and strange. But in any case, I think there are people in Russia that feel the same way, you know, they believe in the Great. Even, you know, when I was talking to a friend of mine years ago in Russia, you know, he made his fist like this, which is a kulak, the fist. And he said, he said, you will never defeat the Soviet man. Well, the Soviet man was defeated in terms of its ideology. But I mean, some people believe in this, I think a great deal. I think many Russians believe in protecting their own territory. But I think you're great. The great masses do not want to see Russia as the aggressor. I mean, you know, this is a civilized country that, you know, has been brought into the West by Peter the Great many centuries ago. And they are seeing what's happening. You know, the last thing, Jay, that I want to say about your, this question is, you know, eventually the truth, you can't block the truth from appearing when people come back and body bags and, you know, guys come home from the front and spill their guts. I mean, it's the same with the Vietnam War. I mean, you know, the news got out. Now, we have a free press, but they don't have a free press. But, you know, eventually this news gets back to the people. And then Vladimir Putin is in trouble. Yeah. Well, history is here to help for sure.  But let me tell you that in clearing the way to the Baltic, he was clearing out the Vikings, because the Vikings were present in this whole area. And in fact, are you ready, Carl? Vladimir is taken off a Viking name. I'm serious. And this is in, you know, before the year 1000 or so, but they had a lot of influence in developing to the first place. And they were pretty warlike, nice guys now, but they were pretty warlike then. And so, you know, we have a history of war, of, you know, of trouble, of invasions and the like. We've got to clear that up. We've got to make the average Russian understand that if they had spent the Cold War building an economy, if they had spent the Cold War relating to the West, instead of making war on the West, which is what they were doing, and which Putin does every day, see that front line movie, you'll see what I mean. They would be a great nation. And they can still be a great nation. They have got to understand that and they've got to get by his propaganda about it. Well, thank you so much, Carl. Great to talk to you. We could go on. And I really love these conversations and we'll do it again in two weeks. Okay? Thank you, Jay. You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and donate to us at thinktecawaii.com. Mahalo.


Why the right is fixated on the so-called threat of cancel culture and so fired up about children's books? I mean the answer honestly is exactly what what Eddie just said. I mean that there is this massive sense of Disconcertment among the right among an older whiter baby boom population And we saw one of the key spurs for Donald Trump's support was people who felt insecure about the place of whites in American society Because white people bad cancel culture good printing books and crushing all dissent through our well-earned censorship and the threat of losing everything Welcome back everyone I'm drone tech and this is another stress inducing so crushing look at the Democrat state media's attempt to tear this country along racial lines using communist ideological Subversion tactics in order to secure one-party rule for the foreseeable future But first let me suggest that if you don't already have a VPN now is probably a good time There's suggestions that our credit scores might be based on our internet history in the near future the same way that banks use Data like income to judge credit eligibility now is how websites could use internet search history in the near future I will not let my internet history be the judge of my credit score. That's why I use virtual shield Just go to the link in the description and pin comment and get virtual shield for 50% off today The answer honestly is exactly what what Eddie just said. I mean that there is this massive sense of Disconcertment among the right among an older whiter baby boom population We saw one of the key spurs for Donald Trump's support was people who felt insecure about the place of whites in America Society citation needed. I love how nobody scrutinizes or questions any of his completely Baseless claims instead you have this spineless hack Who knows that if he gives anything other than undeserved credibility to this broad racist Generalization will end in him being canceled and banished from society next of course This is America and we do still have the First Amendment Nobody elected these propagandists to tell us how to think or rewrite history to please Communist China how's the old saying go first they came for the socialists well in this case the socialists are coming for the American Patriots Capitalists conservatives Christians Apparently white people and generally anybody who stands against them who in their right mind thinks that ruining people's lives powerful corporate Centorship at the behest of the government tearing down American historical monuments or burning books is something that should be allowed to continue without Opposition we all know what the end goal is here It's the erasure of American history and America really to be replaced with the left's Marx's vision by any means necessary That's why we oppose it not because of our skin color Not because we're elites which we clearly aren't or whatever other negative label the propagandists want to attach to us The very fact that they oppose it means that we're over the right target MSNBC Wasn't finished with their toxic racial incitement though with the gargoyle known as joyless read Claiming that the right is worse than al-Qaeda No equivalency by any measure between Antifa or any political left terrorism right now and what's going on on the political right? And I always like to remind people when they hear antifa that means anti-fascist Which is in response to another so if you have antifa then you have thought or as in fascist No, I'm sorry just because North Koreans call themselves a democratic republic doesn't make it So we look at their actions not the superficial surface level subterfuge that they use to cover up their actual true intentions The right could just start a group called anti-fascist and then obviously anybody in opposition to them are the fascists It's brilliant. You're right. There is no equivalence Antifa and BLM are responsible for way more violence and it's been going on for a lot longer The fact of the matter is the actions of BLM and antifa have been quite Fascistic from blocking highways and shooting at innocent people to threatening residential neighborhoods based on race and mobs of thugs Threatening innocent people mining their own business or how about the months-long siege against the Portland federal courthouse? Or the assault on the White House that the media cheered on these people think that because they don't report on left-wing violence Or because all those federal cases including felonies have been quietly dropped then nobody actually knows what's going on Unfortunately, though, I have to say they're correct in the case of tens of millions of Americans Well, I'd say something about one political party when they think that the most dangerous thing are people who are against fascism I think it says more about them than about antifa reiterating the point that I've been making for decades now that the particular threat that comes from the left is the fact that they can rationalize just about anything and they do that by having violent fascist groups who simply call themselves Anti-fascist more like al-qaeda because in the case of al-qaeda They are embedded in and have the support of the government that was part of the reason we wound up in Afghanistan They're being shielded by the government in Afghanistan in this case even some of the people in the hearings Want to defend? Fundamentally the people who committed the attack on our government on our country a few hundred right-wingers get into a minor Riot that didn't involve any weapons where the only person killed was an unarmed Trump supporter And they start calling it an attack on America. It's all lies The Democrats have been involved in actions that were just as bad in the past They literally riot every time Democrats lose an election when Bush won they actually attacked his motorcade and the inaugural Parade had to be canceled Tom the protesting is now very intense as we're coming up here a lot of national Organization for women screaming fraud Bush stole the election the police are now in about three or four rows deep Along here trying to push back protesters people taking off their clothes protesting fur You can see right here people down in the street being handcuffed police are in riot gear They pelted Bush's limo with eggs And brought the inauguration parade to a halt The plan to have Bush get out of the limo for the traditional walk to the White House was scrapped And as we all already know moms of Democrats force their way into Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings and an attempt to stop it But of course that's completely different because Democrats did it I'm gonna end on this the comparison of 75 million Americans including elected Republican representatives to al-Qaeda It's not just mind-blowingly stupid, but also incredibly incendiary this follows as the left-wing media narrative Is that their political opposition? 75 million Americans should be subject to reeducation and even drone strikes segments like this are simply building up a Narrative that will make a huge chunk of this country think it's justified when they start locking up or bombing us That's the purpose of all of this to demonize us to Otherize us all to justify the evil that they're planning.


Stevenson gets 72-52 win over Lebanon Valley this evening, Glenn Clark alongside head coach Gary Stewart. Coach, got tested a little bit in the second half. They got it back within five points. What were you proud of in the effort to handle, withstand that, and pull away? Yeah, I thought at times it went pretty well. And then at other times it felt like a visit to the dentist. You know, it just wasn't as smooth as we would like, but credit Lebanon Valley. I mean, they compete really, really well. They're well-coached and spread us out and we fouled too much. I thought they competed really, really well. So any time that we didn't do something right, they took advantage of it. But on the flip side, I thought we did a lot of things right today. We out-rebounded them by 18. You would have liked to have handled the ball a little bit better than we did. But I did see some improvement there as well in terms of our decision-making. I thought we were balanced. We had ten guys scoring double figures.  It was not any one guy that was maybe taken over or anything like that. Is that what this team, when it's at its best, is that what this team is about?  Correct. I don't think there's anybody pleased in the locker room from what we did offensively. I felt like we had a lot of opportunities that we just didn't capitalize on. But we have a lot of different places to go get a basket, and so that's very comforting for not only student-athletes, but for the coaching staff as well, that we don't have to force things because we can get it to a player that's playing against the air or has an advantageous situation, and we can capitalize on that. You pointed out, as we're looking at the stats sheet, that Joey Lutz finished plus 28 tonight. And again, it doesn't maybe jump off the page, it used statistically, and you see the point total or something like that. But on both ends of the floor, what was he doing right that the team was playing so well when he was out there? Yeah, he has the unique ability to impact the group. He's kind of wise for his years because you look at the plus minus. It's not just tonight, which is a staggering number, plus 28. But throughout the season so far, he's really impacted that category, and that means that he's doing a lot of things. He's handling the ball really well. He's screening well. Some of the things that don't get noticed, taking good shots, and then he's got to play the other end, too.  So we're asking a lot of him, and he's been up to the task. So you guys are going to get a little break here, and then we're not going to actually see you until January. You have a couple of trips. What do you still want to see from this group before you get back into conference play? I've got to remind myself this wasn't conference play tonight, obviously. Before you get into conference play, what do you still want to see from this group? We have to ride the bull. We've got to go to Wittenberg. They're the all-time winningist program in the history of Division III basketball. So we'll play in their tournament, stiff competition there. And then for good measure, we'll go down to Virginia and play in the defending national champions tournament, Christopher Newport. So we'll get a lot of information about ourselves. We're looking forward to competing. Obviously, we know that the task at hand will get through finals and celebrate the successes there academically. And then we're going to get to work. It's a great time of year because it's just all basketball and opening gifts. And for the coach, it's eating a lot of food. So everybody's happy. Sounds good to me, too. Sounds good to me. All right. Give me the Christmas song that you can't help but hum along to.  Well, Merry Christmas, baby. You sure do treat me right. That's fantastic. And not that I don't like the song, but Boy Jingle Bells is tough after about 75 rounds per day. But I like them all. So that's a really tough question. But those are two things that come to mind. Happy holidays to you, coach. Always appreciate it. And we'll see you back here in January. All right. Thank you, Glenn. Happy holidays to you and your family. It's Gary Stewart. I'm Glenn Clark. Go Mustang Sports.TV.


Hi everyone, Sean with jaspyscasebrakes.com here doing 2020-2021 panini select basketball four box one-third a case Hobby break pick a team number six where all card ship. This is the last four boxes of a case We started with Kate pick a teams four and five And so far it's been great. So let's see if we can keep this rolling This might be a very special case here is our list of customers and respective teams from the Atlanta Cards and the Atlanta Hawks down to Jen's McLeese and the Washington Wizards Matthew Montemure last-spot mojo with the heat Here is that list in person Thank you. Once again to everybody that got in on this break Much appreciated now. Good luck for sure. Matt somebody letting Mac know it's most likely after this because I don't think When I was looking at the between breaks when I was looking at the site I didn't see anything else that I've sold out Or between the last two breaks, so we'll have to do that pack filler and then in the break itself Glad we cancelled the other filler. I don't think Joe hates anybody Jonathan Joe's a lover not a hater. I doubt that that was on any on purpose at all But hey I don't think anybody's ever gonna be mad about you doing something with somebody else, especially if they're paying you to do it You don't mean We love people doing what's best for them. So I doubt there was any malice in that decision whatsoever Yeah, no worries, man. I get it. It was through Padini Jonathan's because they have their partner group or like their partnership program or something like that. So There can be Julian There's three in the store right now Pick a team seven eight nine all from the next case Yeah, it's it can get hard sometimes Jason's the best by far And it all depends on what packs it is to some of them just there's no rhyme or reason It just does not go smoothly at all no matter what you do.  You know what I mean? Hey, it's okanon here in raspies You'd have to have like breakers sound like March Simpsons sisters Entire time There you go. That's the last pack Now let's see what we got. Good luck everybody Malachi Flynn try color for the Raptors Mark Costanzo RJ Hampton for the Magic Eric Ainge and Isaac Acoro for the Cavs David Baker LeBron James for the Lakers and Mark Slavage And Tyrese maxi to 249 for the 76ers chase Colston Tyrese Halliburton for the Kings Richard Arasco and Dual relic Yusef Nurkic that is Nuggets and Blazers Nuggets is David Baker Blazers is Mark Costanzo. So that's gonna be a randomizer between those two teams at the end Shay Gildes Alexander for the Thunder Jimmy Stratton to 99 Caruso Alex Caruso the bald eagle For the Lakers Mark Slavage Devin Vossel Silver Scope for the Spurs Jesse or Arcos DeMonte Sabonis Silver for the Pacers Chris Adomsic Peyton Prichard for the Celtics Mark Vassette And a nice Kyle Lowry tie-dye for the Raptors Mark Costanzo That is five out of 25 just a couple off the jersey number Hello, how are you guys? Robert Woodard 10 out of 199 Rookie Jersey and Otto for the Kings Richard Arasco John Marant Tri-Color for the Grizzlies and Darren Porter John Marant Grizzlies and Darren Porter again Lonzo Ball Silver for the Pelicans Paul Norden Zeke Najee Silver for the Nuggets David Baker Obi-Toppin for the Knicks Raymond Lubas Steph Curry for the Warriors and Shawn Matic Cam Reddish Tri-Color for the Hawks Atlantic Hards Luca Donchich for the Mavericks Miles Evans Zach Levine for the Bulls Eric Ainge Tim Hardaway Jr. for the Mavericks and Miles Evans Darius Garland Silver for the Cavaliers David Baker Luca Donchich for the Mavericks and Miles Evans Nicola Jochic Tri-Color for the Nuggets David Baker Steph Curry for the Warriors Shawn Matic and another duel a duet selections that is Danny Green Spurs and Lakers Spurs Jesse Arcos Lakers Mark Sulvagi That'll be a randomizer again and Luca Donchich die cut to 249 for the Mavericks That is Miles Evans Anthony Edwards for the Timberwolves Matthew Shearer Sadiq Bay for the Pistons Ben DePaz and Anthony Edwards Timberwolves Matthew Shearer Phenoms Steph Curry Silver for the Warriors Shawn Matic Isaac Acoro for the Cavaliers and David Baker.  Isaiah Joe rookie Silver for the 76ers and Chase Colston Ricky Rubio die cut red for the Timberwolves to 175 Matthew Shearer Kyrie Irving Silver for the Nets and Jay Young Tyrese Halliburton for the Kings Richard Arasco and Malachi Flynn white rookie for the Raptors to 149 Mark Costanto in the Raptors Anthony Edwards again base for the Timberwolves Matthew Shearer Yannis for the Bucks Matt Silverstein Isaac Acoro futures Silver for the Cavs David Baker and Devin Vossel Silver for the Spurs Jesse Arcos Obi-Toppin for the Knicks Raymond Lubis and Kenyon Martin Jr. Silver Scope for the Rockets Eric Kuziak Peyton Pritchard for the Celtics Mark Vissette another Pritchard for the Celtics and Mark Vissette and Achillean Hayes to 25 tie-dye rookie Otto Pistons Ben DePas Jaren Jackson Jr. Try color for the Grizzlies Darren Porter Luca Donchich for the Mavericks Miles Evans John Morant Grizzlies Darren Porter and CJ LB try color for the Blazers and Mark Costanzo That's funny Nice Hayes tie-dye rookie Otto here a very very nice halfway through this break guys We have a full another case in the store pick your team seven eight nine all from a fresh case In the store now Go get your spots. Maybe we can rally and get another case done tonight John rant or at least get it started Grizzlies Darren Porter Rudy go bear relic for the Jazz Jin Lee Marcus smart try color for the Celtics and Mark Vissette RJ Hampton for the Magic Eric Ainge Devin Booker Silver for the Suns and Eric Leo Patrick Williams rookie Silver for the Bulls Eric Ainge and Xavier Tillman rookie Silver Scope for the Grizzlies Darren Porter Keras Lever Silver for the Pacers and Chris Adam sick Emmanuel quickly for the Knicks Raymond Lubis Yanis for the Bucks and Matthew Silverstein Zeke Najee Relic for the Nuggets David Baker and RJ very David there was another one earlier. I called it up to 149 for the Knicks Raymond Lubis. It was a base, but It was there Josh Green try color for the Mavericks Miles Evans and Bojan Bogdanovich blue for the Jazz to 299 Jin Lee Isaiah Stewart for the Pistons and Ben DePas And nice Tyrese Halliburton 193 out of 199 rookie jersey and auto for the Kings and Richard Arasco Danilo Galinari Tricolor for the Hawks Atlanta Cards Obi-Toppin for the Knicks Raymond Lubis and Brooke Lopez Blue to 249 for the Bucks Matthew Silverstein Markel Foltz Silver for the Magic Eric Ainge and Isaac Acoro rookie Silver for the Cavaliers David Baker. You got one box left to go Close it out with something nice Anthony Davis Silver for the Lakers Mark Salvagi Payton Prichard for the Celtics and Mark Bassett Devin Vossel die-cut black one of one Spurs Jesse Arcos.  That's really cool Told you we weren't going we weren't ending until we pulled a one-to-one tonight Tyrese Halliburton for the Kings Richard Arasco John Morant for the Grizzlies Darren Porter Isaac Acoro Tricolor For the Cavs David Baker RJ Hampton for the Magic and Eric Ainge. I Know David. I know Duncan Robinson for the Heat Matthew Montemayor and Sadiq Bay Relic for the Pistons Ben de Paz Kira Lewis Jr. Silver for the Pelicans Paul Norden Tyrese Halliburton for the Kings Richard Arasco told you I Did Said black one-of-one. That's all that's what we're gonna.  This thing's so clean-looking, too That's so cool one of one Udoka as a boogie for the Jazz Silver Jin Lee Peyton Prichard for the Celtics Mark Basette I mean when you start with that as a as a rookie card You got a you got to go for the full full rainbow now. I feel like it is a Jesse's job Donovan Mitchell for the Jazz and Jin Lee Silver Anthony Edwards Ant-Man for the Timberwolves Matthew Shearer and Isaac Acoro rookie relic for the Cavs David Baker Eric Bledsoe Silver Scope for the Pelicans Paul Norden Malcolm Brogdon for the Pacers Chris Adomsic Giannis for the Bucks Matthew Silverstein and how about the same exact hard but in a green to 75 for the Bucks Matthew Silverstein Congrats Isaac Acoro for the Cavs again David Baker Steph Curry for the Warriors and Sean Mattick and Luca Donchich for the Bulls Eric Ainge and to 249 Rookie Otto Patrick Williams for the Bulls and Eric Ainge Daniel O'Toole for the Clippers Tri-Color David Baker and Carl Anthony Downs Tri-Color for the Timberwolves Matthew Shearer to finish it off actually Anthony Edwards base To finish it off for the Timberwolves and Matthew Shearer as well. So there you go guys. That's the break I've got two randomizers to do. They're both the dual relic cards with two teams on them So we're gonna do those randomizers right now and wrap up this case Vossel and Willie. I knew Patrick Williams. I didn't realize Devon Vossel was the FSU and then Raptors just took a The other kid from Florida State yesterday, right? Number five overall or four overall four overall kind of surprise pick but So is Patrick Williams kind of too So here are the two Relic cards First one is Nuggets Blazers second one is Spurs Lakers Youssef Nurkic and Danny Green So we're gonna pop over here Nuggets Blazers Nuderozen and Spurs and Lakers So those are the two randomizers for us same dice roll for both Team on top after 11 times on each randomizer. Good luck. 11 final time. Let's go into the Blazers 11 times on the dice 11 times on the randomizer Blazers on the use of Nurkic for Marc Costanzo Now 11 times on the Spurs Lakers 11 final time. Let's go into the Spurs and Jesse Arcos So here you go Portland on the use of Nurkic relic and And the Spurs San Antonio on the Danny Green Relic There you go guys that is the break very nice case That is 2020 2021 Panini select basketball four box one third case hobby break pick a team number six from jaspyscasebreaks.com I'm Sean Jaspyscasebreaks.com next case of select is in the store pick your teams seven eight nine all from a fresh case Jaspyscasebreaks.com. Thanks for hanging out. We'll see you next time


Hello and welcome to the session. In this session, we will solve the following question and the question says that A is equal to the set containing X such that X is a factor of 9, B is equal to the set containing X such that X is a factor of 18, then prove that A intersection B is equal to B intersection A. Let's start the solution now. First, we will find the elements of the sets A and B. Now, we are given that the set A contains all the factors of 9. So, set A is equal to the set containing the elements 1, 3, 9 since 1, 3 and 9 are the only factors of 9. Also, we are given that the set B contains all the factors of 18. So, set B is equal to the set containing the elements 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 18. As we know that all these numbers are the factors of 18. Now, let us find out what is A intersection B. This is equal to the set containing the elements 1, 3, 9 intersection the set containing the elements 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18. We know that A intersection B contains the elements which are common between the sets A and B. We can see that the common elements between these two sets are 1, 3 and 9. So, we get A intersection B is equal to the set containing the elements 1, 3, 9. Now, we will find B intersection A. This is equal to the set containing the elements 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 and 18 intersection the set containing the elements 1, 3, 9. Again, we can see that the common elements between these two sets are 1, 3 and 9. This implies B intersection A is equal to the set containing the elements 1, 3, 9. Therefore, A intersection B is equal to B intersection A, hence proved. With this we end our session. Hope you enjoyed the session.