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A barely disguised genocide. Notes from the Edge of the Narrative Matrix. I just read a New York Times piece about the bodies that are trapped beneath the rubble in Gaza which said that Gaza Health Ministry estimates that there are 7,000 people listed as missing but adds that that figure has not been updated since November. November. There is no chance that any of the numbers we're getting out of Gaza are up to date, including the death counts. Their infrastructure is shot and the scene is just too chaotic. Nobody can keep track of anything anymore. ISIS keeps attacking the enemies of the U.S. and Israel for some strange and mysterious reason, while funding for the main humanitarian group in Gaza gets cut due to completely unevidenced claims of Hamas affiliation, refund UNRWA, defund ISIS. It's funny to see the U.S. proposing a fake UN ceasefire resolution which doesn't actually demand a ceasefire, when it's public knowledge that the U.S. could single-handedly create a ceasefire by telling Israel it will stop receiving U.S. weapons if it doesn't negotiate one right now. Ben Shapiro just canceled cultured Candice Owens out of a job for saying Palestinians are human beings, and Alex Jones has condemned Israel's genocidal atrocities before most Democrats on Capitol Hill have. American right-wing punditry is a trip, man. It sure is a crazy coincidence how all this stuff about difficulty with food distribution, collateral damage, human shields, the need to eliminate Hamas, etc. just happens to combine to create a situation that looks exactly the same as committing a genocide against an undesirable population. They're just doing a horrible thing they've wanted to do for ages, and then using narrative to cover it up. Oh no, it turns out it's really hard to get food and medical supplies to this undesirable population.   Oh no, it turns out we're going to need you all to move off the land we've been coveting for generations.  But you see Western government officials and major news outlets treating it seriously every goddamn day. It's a barely disguised genocide happening right out in the open, and the people responsible for telling the public what's going on in the world are pretending it's actually a very unfortunate series of highly convenient coincidences. There's an elephant in the room wearing a cardboard crown as a disguise, and they're all calling it your highness and telling everyone the king has come to visit. Israel routinely massacres civilians who are waiting for food, attacks hospitals, picks off civilians with drones and snipers, and is deliberately starving the frailest and most defenseless people in Gaza to death. But the Western political media class keeps calling this a war. People who wish to conflate Zionism with Jewishness often argue that most Jews are Zionists, but so what if they are? Most Westerners are propaganda-addled imperialists, but if I didn't believe Westerners can and do snap out of that worldview I wouldn't be doing what I do here. In any system where people are being indoctrinated at mass scale by the powerful, you're going to see the majority of that population buying into the indoctrination. But conflating the people with the political ideology they're indoctrinated with serves only to confuse and distort. If people had conflated Nazism with Germany, that logic could have been used to justify exterminating every German after World War II. But because that distortion wasn't made, it opened up the possibility of de-indoctrinating the nation from that pernicious worldview. Betting on the possibility of a better future means drawing a distinction between the people and the unhealthy worldviews they've been indoctrinated with. Whether that's Zionism, Western imperialism, or anything else, we can only have a healthy world when the people snap out of their propaganda-induced coma and shake off the power-serving worldviews of this diseased civilization.


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Tom, what are you doing? We have a program today. Oh, I'm just so busy, Amy. I got so much going on. I'm waiting for this phone call. Oh, there it goes. Okay, listen. We've got to put the phones down. We've got to stop being distracted and we have to find out today what it means to take a real rest. Stay tuned. In a world where it's so busy and there's so much chaos, it is so important for us to rest and find our hope and our peace and God and God alone. We're so glad that you're joining us on Hope Today. I am joined by Amy and Tom, as you just saw moments ago, that we're going to be talking about rest today and really diving deep into it.  Just saying that word rest just brings such a peace. You know, many Americans think that staying busy is the mark of productivity and success, but this mentality is taking a toll on us physically. Our emotions, our spiritual health, 74% of parents said that they felt too busy to even enjoy life. That's sad. Adapting on an empty tank is not only dangerous, but it is arrogant. And so our author today, Mary Ann Howard, is going to unpack what it means to take a real rest and overcome spiritual fatigue. You know, it's funny. That skit was supposed to be a little funny, but I've done that where I've been on and then my office phone rings and I like, it's like, could you hold on a second? And I answer my office. And it's almost like the old fashioned movies with the four phones on the desk or something. It's crazy how busy we can get and think it's all super spiritual when it isn't. I love that name of that book rest. Because we're working for the Lord. And so not all good things are God things. And she's going to really break down distractions in our life and she's going to unpack what it means to really walk with God and to walk in intimacy with him and to get to know him and you'll find a real rest. So it's going to be good Sydney. Yeah, so it's really important that we rest with the Lord. You know, one thing we are just continuing to doing is just updating and talking about what's going on in Israel between the war with Israel and Hamas. And many of you've probably seen the reports that were coming out earlier this week about what happened in Gaza that a hospital was bombed. It was actually a Christian run hospital. More than 200 lives have been lost, which is truly tragic. And there are conflicting reports right now that we don't know like Israel said Hamas has done it. Hamas is saying Israel's doing it. So right now there's not a lot of clarity, but definitely to continue to lift up that nation because all eyes are on what's going on right now. President Biden is in Israel right now. And another thing that has been in the news that I think it's really important is how it's like dividing, creating so much tension right here in our country. Many of you probably heard about the young Palestinian boy who was six years old that in Illinois that a landlord who was obsessed with the war that was going on took his life.  And I've just been hearing even prophetic voices that are talking right now that I know a lot of us were just, we wanna pray and just believe it's gonna go right. There's so much that's happening, so much that's going on. It is time for us to truly intercede and us to, excuse me, pray for what's going on and what's happening because this is really something we have never seen that's unfolding, you know, from a geopolitical standpoint and also from a spiritual standpoint. So it is truly on our hearts.  You know that we have relief that is going to Israel to help the civilians that are truly caught in the crossfires, Tom, because this situation is something that is unfolding that none of us have ever seen. But I think it is so important for us as Christians. I feel like we are like the middle child in all of this, but to truly believe that we're gonna see a move of God that hearts are gonna be healed on both sides right now. Well, I think you said a lot when you said there's the geopolitical view of this, but there's also the spiritual view and the human view.  We stand with Israel certainly, but we also know that God has a heart for the Palestinians as well. In fact, if we could, could I just pray before we go any further? Let's just lift this up to the Lord. Father, we've been praying and we continue to pray. We pray for Israel, Lord. We pray for a ceasing to the hostilities. We pray for an end of groups like Hamas, Lord, and ones that would bring about a terror to forward their points. And Father, we just pray, Lord God, that you would enter in and that the spirit of God and the church of the living God would rise up to have a voice in this conflict, Father. We ask, Lord, that you would glorify your name in the midst of all of this. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Amen. He that keeps Israel does not sleep or slumber and we believe God is watching. You know, in today's world, it seems like busyness is the norm. We are always moving on from one thing to the next and that sometimes it causes us to miss out on something very important, our time with the Lord. Author, Mary Ann Howard is our next guest and her new book is called Rest. Overcoming Spiritual Fatigue. She joins us now to share just how destructive the cost of busyness can be when it comes to our relationship with God. Mary Ann, it's great to see you and have you with us on Hope Today. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited about our conversation today. This word rest. I mean, have you always walked in this rest with no busyness and no distraction? Oh gosh, no. Actually, this work really comes from a place of where I've struggled with it. I've struggled to rest. I've struggled to honor God in that area. I'm a wife to a pastor. I'm a mom. I'm a friend. I shuffle around my neighbors to different sporting events. It's a chaotic, crazy time in my life and it's because I've wrestled with it and struggled with it. But that's kind of the heart behind why I wrote it was because I've really struggled with it and I think I've had the wrong view of what God intended rest to be for us and I think I reach for the wrong things. Well, and as leaders, we're pouring, we're giving, we're serving, we're laying down our life. Is it possible to pour out and to not be poured into? Oh, that's such a great question. And one of the scriptures that I kind of go through in the book and it has really been a new one for me and it's Song of Solomon one verse six. And it says, they made me keeper of the vineyard but my own vineyard I have not kept. And to be honest with you, that really, really steps on my toes because I think so often in leadership narratives, we're busy making sure everybody else's spiritual vineyard is cared for and poured into and we miss our own vineyard. So when we finally slow down and we look at our heart and we look at the place where God dwells, that soul, that inner place where God dwells, we realize, oh my goodness, there's weeds in there, there's neglect there, there's apathy there. And so I think the thing that we've got to do as leaders is we've got to make sure that we're leading from a place of rest instead of trying to kind of operate autonomously apart from God and finding our identity and our value and worth in what we're doing and in our productivity, but that it's anchored in what God is doing and that he's the one that's doing it through us. Is it important to know that he is the vine and we are the branch? How does that operate in our day-to-day life? I love that question. And I think the thing that we've got to do is we really have to take Jesus at his words. He says, apart from me, you can do nothing. Nothing, and nothing means nothing. And that's why he's so kind to say, abide in me, I'm the one who's going to do the work. I'm the one who's going to give the rest. I'm the one who's going to make this happen. I'm the one who's going to do all the things. Trust me, you can do nothing apart from me. And so I think we've got to take him at his word and abide and it's tucking our heart into him, spending time with him, cultivating those disciplines for intimacy to move towards closeness with him so that he's the one that's bearing the weight if that makes sense of responsibility in our day in and day out. But we're so distracted. Like, how do we find time to meet with him?  You ask a question in your chapter about dangerous distractions. What has your attention? Okay, so I'm a statistical nerd and I spend a lot of time studying numbers and just a couple of things I wanted to highlight this morning about distraction and how dangerous it is. People now lose concentration after eight seconds. That's the concentration of a goldfish. And so there's that. And then the other statistic that completely blows me away and honestly convicts me in a deep sense is that we tap, swipe and click our device 2,617 times a day. And teenagers are above average, they're doing all of that well over 3,000 times a day. And the danger in, the danger in that is that, and scripture says it clearly in James 117, but each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. And so distraction is not a one size fits all enticement. Each one of us are distracted and divided by very different things. And really quickly, I wanna just highlight what distraction does to our walk with God. First of all, it makes intimacy with God impossible.  Whether it's shopping, whether it's scrolling, whatever it may be, it's gonna cause us to miss the master. It makes intimacy impossible. Number two, distraction, it cultivates self-centeredness. It will always set you at the center of your life. It will set you up as a little God.  So it's gonna cultivate self-centeredness. The third thing, distraction feeds this contentment. This one is huge for me because what happens is I start to glance around comparing, coveting and competing and thinking that the grass is greener on the other side, but we all know that the grass is greener where we water it. And the same is true for us spiritually. Then the last thing, distractions will rule an unprioritized heart, which causes us to be distracted and divided in so many different ways that let's just say we have a friend that is in need and they need us to be present. Well, we don't have the capacity to be fully present because we're being pulled in so many different directions. That's kind of what distraction is doing to us spiritually. If I could just dive into that last point a little bit. You say that you cannot hurry and love well. Could you just speak to that and what it means to love someone well and how hurry is the enemy of that? Yeah, just to be really honest with you in my own, as I spent time writing this, I was realizing that my kids and I'm really passionate about generational discipleship and investing really intentionally in my kids spiritually. But because I'm a speaker, I'm a writer, I'm a wife, I'm a mom, I'm a friend, I'm a minister, I'm all these things. There was a season where my son just really needed me to be present with him and not distracted and divided and rushing him through something. And he said to me, mom, can you put your phone down? I really need your eyes. And I think so many times if we would put all the things down that are causing us to be distracted, I think we would see. That's what God says.  But when you look at, and it's on everything, like it's tattooed, it's everywhere, it's on tea towels, it's hanging in my house. We say that so often, but when you read that in totality, it's be still, slow down so that you can know that I am God. It's slow down so that you can know that I am God. He doesn't wanna speed up to the pace that we're walking. He's the pace setter. And I think if we'll slow down and fight for stillness in our lives, it gives us an awareness to the needs around us. I'm telling you that the best way that we can show the gospel and share the gospel is to be present and to be aware. And the only way we can be God aware and have God's eyes and God's perspective in the world around us is we've gotta put all the things that is distracting us and dividing us and pulling at us down and spend time with him so we can see his world, his way with his heart. And so that's why it's so important that we put those things down so that we can love well. We cannot love well when we're sitting across from people looking at our watches and looking at our phones, thinking about where we've gotta be next. That is so convicting to me. Even those statistics, I find myself so distracted and busy by the phone and you're so right. We cannot love well when we're sitting there distracted and we look at restaurants all the time. You see tables of families and they're all on their phones and it's really sad. Jesus in Matthew 11 invites us into a rest. How did Jesus model rest? That's a great question. I think he still had demands. He still had the demands around him but he was 100% totally, totally consumed with obeying the Father and he walked closely locked into him and he got away. That's the thing. One of the things I talk about in the book is I talk about practicing the discipline of solitude. And I think some of us, those of us that are extroverts that have FOMO and we wanna be around people 24 seven. I think one of the things that we've gotta be really careful of is that we let the demands of people constantly press us and Jesus modeled this so well. He got away from the demands of people to be with God. And I think we've gotta practice that solitude of being alone with God, getting away from that human attraction, I mean that human interaction so that we can be with God, so that he can refuel us and refill us to go out there and be who we need to be in Christ to serve others. And so I think he shows a step by step how to live out, walk the pace that God calls us to walk, move away from the demands of people to re-engage, get filled with truth, let him lead us, Psalm 23, to still waters and green pastures, to restore us and renew us. We cannot pour out of emptiness. We cannot, we can't do it. We cannot pour out of emptiness. We've gotta pour out of the fullness that Jesus pours into us. That's how he wants us to lead. Well, and you bring up a great illustration about the shepherd versus the cattle driver. Can you unpack that? Yes, so the thing about the shepherd, number one, when you're looking at Psalm 23, first of all, you've gotta, we've gotta read Psalm 23 as a sheep. And can I just say to all the leaders today that are tired, whatever that may be in the marketplace, you know, in the church, whatever it is, if you're tired and you're feeling at the end of it all, you're burnout, be a sheep.  He goes before you and behind you. When you read Psalm 23 in totality, you see not only does he go before you and he leads you to quiet waters. He leads you to green pastures.  He comes behind you.  Let's talk about silence. I'm really interested to get your take on what silence really, obviously we know what it is, but I mean, how do you practice silence? What does silence do for us? What does it sensitize us to? Yeah, I think one of the things that was revealed in my own heart is that I have an addiction to noise and it's dangerous. And what silence does is it sensitizes us. It helps us focus on what matters most. And I think there's so much noise, so many voices, so many perspectives that I think we've got to make sure that we're valuing the right voice. And that's the voice of the shepherd. That the voice of the thief would be silenced and the voice of the shepherd would be activated in our lives. And I think we have to get silenced. God doesn't operate the way the rest of this world operates. He operates in a different way and he wants us to be silent and still so that we can hear his voice. And it says over and over and over in scripture that his, can he shout? Yes, does he, he chooses not to. He has a still small voice. He has a quiet voice, so we've got to get quiet and practice silence so that we can hear, so that we can be sensitized to him and his spirit and his leading in his moving. Mary Ann, can you pray just for all those out there that feel stressed, weary, worn out, exhausted and they need a deep rest? Will you pray for them right now? Yes. God, I just come before you and I thank you for your word that says, my heart and my flesh, they are failing me. But God, you are the strength of my heart and my portion forever. God, we just come to you and we confess our need for you today. That my heart and my flesh, they are failing me. That is hopeless. I am tired. I am weary. But to the right of the but God, there is hope, there is strength, there is renewal. So we just confess our need for you today. Thank you for your word. Thank you for your presence. I pray God for the one today, for the mom who is at her wit's end, for the father who is exhausted because of the weight of the world, for the person in the marketplace that feels the pressure and the expectations that they cannot bear. God, I pray that you would renew their strength, that you would remind them with the shepherd's voice that you are near, that you are as close as their skin. Thank you for your rest. We don't want anything less than that. Your perfect peace, shalom, shalom. God, we want your rest because what you give is you give it in totality. And so I pray you would give that to us today. And we thank you. We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Thank you Mary Ann for helping us overcome spiritual fatigue and finding real rest. When we return in 60 seconds, we're going to take a look at scripture that shows just how important God is to our daily lives. We'll be right back. Cornerstone television exists because of the faithful support of our partners. 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And one thing that just felt like our theme as we were having our conversations about this, be still and know that I am God. A lot of times there's recently, like I was reading that scripture and God highlighted it in my spirit, but it's like the way that we say it's almost like, God's like, be still. No, it's like a command. He's like, be still, stop moving. He wants to command our attention. And I think what's happening in our world is that we get so distracted. We get so many things that are bombarding us. And when is the last time that you've been still before the Lord and had reverence and awe and fear of him? In our world nowadays, we have so many, there are idols, we don't like to say it, but if we have the phone can be an idol, certain situations can be an idol. We begin to worship and to serve those things because we begin to allow them to just circulate around our lives.  It's stealing you from having that intimacy with Jesus. That's the most important thing is Jesus says he wants to know us. And if you don't spend time with him, think about like your husband or wife, if there's a period of time that you don't spend time together or you don't talk or you don't listen, you don't have that intimacy. And that's what God is calling, I really feel for the body of Christ, especially in America in this season is we have so many distractions. There's a different people are coming to this country to evangelize, why? Because we don't even know the things that we're worshiping and we're bowing down to. But today we just wanna encourage you, take few minutes, maybe it's 20 minutes or 30 minutes and put the phone to the side. Even when you're quiet time, just remove it. So you can focus on the one who deserves all of our attention, all of our love and all of our affection with everything that is happening in our world and the things that are shaking. I think God is really trying to give us a wake up call right now. Do you know me? Will you seek me? And when you seek me, you will find me. Amy, what's on your heart? Well, and a great illustration that Mary Ann brought up was like that happy meal relationship with God. It's like a quick drive through but you can't live on a happy meal relationship with God.  It's the word that's going to revive you. It's the word that's going to sustain you. It's those moments with God when you're still before him. It's like the washing of the water of the word. So I just challenge you. I encourage you today. Just what else matters? Nothing else matters in life but your relationship with the Lord. And listen, he wants to guide you. He wants to lead you. He wants to speak to you. He wants to show you things. He wants to reveal things. I mean, so much of our problems in life and our issues and our stresses could be solved Tom just right sitting in his presence and then all of a sudden he reveals something and it can change everything. You know, I'm always amazed. If you look at the Gospels, Jesus is around people. He's around his disciples. He's preaching. He's healing. He's doing things. But then it says that in the morning he went off or in the night he got away. He went off and he was alone with the father. And here was someone who was totally connected to the father all the time. He said, I don't do anything unless I see what the father's doing. Then he does that. But he would go off and spend that time, spend that downtime, that alone time. It wasn't always the Garden of Gethsemane I don't think where he was sweating great drops of blood. He was spending time with his father. He was relating to him and finding out what was in his heart and recharging even Jesus recharging his batteries for the next day. You know, even as we were just all talking and wrapping up this conversation the one thing that God is just speaking to me is just about the 10 bridesmaids. That five had their oils and their lamps and five did. And I think we're in that season right now is that are you with your oil?  Are you pressed against the heart of God? Because that is our whole hope for you is that you would know him, that you would be so close to the father. And so we encourage you today remove those things out, get into the presence of God allow him to speak to him, allow him to deep down in your heart because we love you so much. We want that for you today.


that bending down process is what makes everything alive in a way which you cannot imagine unless that actual surrender happens. My name is Ruth. Yes, Ruth.  Our question is about embodiment and consciousness to a greater degree. The path of surrender I have been really fortunate to find just through grief and thus. And when I hear you speak about the Anta Guru, I know I have connected to that in me. And for all the big things in my life there is a very strong communication which I am so grateful for because it does create flow and harmony and the willingness just to go with life on life's terms. When it comes out to the physical body I often find that I don't feel I am as present as I could be. Despite listening to many teachers, including a lot of teachers, I have had no big dramatic spiritual peak experiences. For me, that means life is asking me to trust without any proof of anything. All that happens is stillness and love. So the question is, can you give advice for greater embodiment of the present moment? Ruth, in the practice of being in this moment and in that sense tuning entirely to this consciousness, there are no real peak experiences. The experiences are subtle and they move increasingly into a state of surrender. So you are in surrender to the Anta Guru and you actually flow, as you said before, with that impulse. You refuse the loud noise of the ego. What happens is as you proceed along this path, you are more and more this instrument so there is no sudden peak experience. It's more a deeper and deeper humility in the system but also more coherence in the materiality. So your experiences will be taking you into the cellular nature of the body, like literally you'll start to feel this materiality becoming very real in a way you've never known before. So that is something, if you want to call a peak experience, you can call. You will also experience an ability to really explore and deeply embrace emotions which you've been detached from when you are in a more cosmic state and less terrestrial one. So the emotions become very, very vivid and very deep and you are more the master of those emotions unless the victim. That is another clear thing but it's not a peak experience, it's deep, it's growing, growing. You know, when there is something very sad that happens, you can actually experience it to an extent you could not experience when you are up in a trans or cosmic state. And the same goes with the conceptual, your ability to think, your ability to actually create thoughts, your ability for logical thought processes, for inference, all of those abilities they just sharpen to an extent which is unimaginable before that. Also your occult abilities, siddhis, these are things which just appear in a way which is almost unimaginable before. So it is not a peak experience you're looking at but rather deepening self-realization, deepening connect with the source and a greater ability to discern when the ego is pushing you into action which is for sure going to bring you suffering. So that is where you start to move and the key to that is literally in every moment trying to be aware is this action, the urge to that action emerging from a truth impulse or is it emerging from the loud ego. This is a very simple practice but very challenging.  That is the key because you just, and then life becomes very vibrant, very real, much more real than it has been before. Is there any practices that you have found particularly effective in anything you would suggest for the consciousness to take up home more? Well the point is that if you train yourself to pull yourself to this moment, the moment you catch yourself either in the past or in the future and you pull yourself to this moment the humility sets in and the surrender state sets in and when that sets in the senses will do what they have to do if you Ruth are in that state of surrender. And yes, I mean there are kriyas which are taught here but not in this setup because it's very short, they take time and also these are open satsangs and we don't have a place either for to show those kriyas and to do them. There are sometimes immersives where those are taught not always but so there is no program here. I don't have a system, a system evolves for each individual according to their, according to their perception, according to what they feel is right for them. So there are some kriyas which are taught for example dealing with the senses but generally that bending down process is what makes everything alive in a way which you cannot imagine unless that actual surrender happens. So it goes on its own. You don't have to sit there and do it. Yes, you can train yourself to do it better by learning some kriyas. And the other question is actually about consciousness and filmmaking. I'm a filmmaker and for the last 20 years one project I have been trying to make and not succeeding is actually about a woman coming into her body and it's a love story. As a filmmaker I'm looking for the right approach to this film to unlock the telling of it or the evenly attracting what it needs in order to be made. My question is do you think there is that connection that in order for a piece of work or a piece of film to have that power that I have to really be very vigilant about what I know, really know and not try to be communicating something that's an idea? Firstly it's very hard to make a film. That is the first thing to remember that it's one of the more difficult endeavors a human being can undertake. And so the fact that you haven't made the film as yet doesn't necessarily mean that you're not attracting the right energies to make it happen. Making a film is one of the most challenging things you can undertake. So seen from that point of view it's all right that you haven't. And so what you need to perhaps look at is how deeply are you actually connected with the core or center of that project? You can make a film about something which you don't know experientially, that you only know conceptually, you can do that but it will not carry the same force as if you have experienced it yourself. So perhaps the step is to practice this, practice that is described here because that is your key to coming fully into the body. You will be in the system if you undertake this practice and it has to be diligent and it has to be, it is a sadhana. It is a sadhana, it's really undertaking it seriously and after a while you move into that state of being in a state of samarpan, humility, surrender to the extent where the whole system, the whole body starts to reverberate with that samarpanam. And when that happens you will know what it means to have re-populated the materiality of your system. That is the key to it. And then the film will automatically happen and I think will fall into place. It just always happens like that. Thank you and just one thing to say, Arunachala called me here. I have no history, I don't know the place and I feel Arunachala is speaking through you so I wanted to thank you, thank you very much.


All right, first question is from Grant Satterthwaite. I'm really confused. I hear on the show that you have to progressively overload in order to build muscle. Then in other episodes, I hear that weight is arbitrary and that the mind-muscle connection is paramount in building muscle. And yet in other episodes, I hear that practicing movements with good technique sends more muscle-building signals. What's the real deal? Is it all true? It's all true. All of it. Yeah, DLD above. I'm pretty sure that I answered underneath. I don't know if I'm pretty sure I answered underneath this on Instagram because, yeah, dude, it's all true. And that's it. Just did is that we make, we do single-topic episodes a lot where we make the case for why something is really important. We're highlighting different components of muscle building. Yeah, and when we do that, it's not saying everything else doesn't matter. This is the only thing that matters. It's like, listen, this is how important this thing is. People don't realize that you manipulating tempo, that is so important. And then when we talk about form and technique, they all matter. They're all, and they're all variable as a progressive overload, actually. That's right. If we change, so when we say progressive overload, I think people automatically think weight. Right, they think more weight. Right, which is one way to do it. But really think about it this way. Challenging yourself more each time, that's all. So how can you challenge yourself more? Well, you can slow the reps down. You could make them more explosive. You could change your form and technique. You could hold it longer. You could hold it. You could add weight. You could squeeze the target muscle more. Those are all progressive overload. That's right. If you go look at Brett Contreras just did an Instagram post a couple days ago, and it's just a little graphic. It's really good, and it's progressive overload. And then he lists all 10 different ways to create progressive overload. And it actually encompasses everything that you just listed in this question. Like it's not, people always assume that that just means adding weight to the bar, and there's many ways to overload the body. Now, why is this good to know? Well, it's good to know because you want to be able to have access to multiple techniques and tools to progressively overload your body. Because focusing on just one. So I'll use the example of weight. Weight is a great way to progressively overload your body. Especially when you've been working out for short periods of time, when you're a beginner or intermediate, you should focus on getting stronger. It should be one of the number one things you focus on. But here's why you don't want to just focus on that. At some point, you don't get stronger. If that wasn't true, then you'd have guys that would be working out. I would be bench pressing 3,000 pounds by now. I've been working out for 20-something years. I'd be bench pressing 3,000 pounds and deadlifting 6,000 pounds. I thought you were, dude, by the way you talked about it. No, no, no, it's like 2,000. All right, cool. So obviously at some point, it's going to reach its limit. And even before that, your body tends to plateau when you hammer one signal too long. So then what I do is I manipulate other ways of progressively overloading. So if I'm doing overhead press and I get stronger and stronger and stronger, and now I'm finding, oh, it's not working anymore. I'm getting a little bit of shoulder pain. What I can do is slow the rep down, focus on my form and technique, squeeze more. Now my muscle is going to respond and I didn't have to necessarily add weight. Now bodybuilders are amazing at this. And why are bodybuilders so good at this? Because they're trying to build massive, massive muscles and not get hurt. And nobody cares how much they lift when they go on stage anyway. So if you watch a bodybuilder workout, especially the ones that have been doing it for a long time like Dexter Jackson, Vince Taylor, who competed for a very long time, was very successful, watch those guys work out. And what you'll see is that they understand this super, super well. And that's why they haven't hurt themselves even though they've built maximum muscle. When you find bodybuilders that rely a lot on just the weight, then you start to see some injuries, Ronnie Coleman, Dorian Yates is another guy that did that for a while. So you want to have all of these tools in your tool belt and you want to figure out when to use one and when to not use the other one. And the way that I work it typically is when I start to really gain the great benefits of working with one. As soon as I feel like I'm getting excellent benefits, I stick with it for a little longer and then I move on to something else. I try not to wait until it stops working because at that point it's much more difficult to reverse and then try something different.


Has anyone ever heard of the 80s cartoon, Flaming Poodle? I do. It would air on Saturday morning like any other cartoon. The only difference is that it would come on only after every other cartoon in that block of time had finished. There was no real introduction to speak of. Just two blazing eyes that seemed to be staring straight into the viewer, and then the show began. The very first episode revolved around a smallish poodle named Henry. It was just normal dog stuff playing with other dogs, lifting his leg on lamp posts and car tires, going to the park with his owner. Nothing very unusual.  In the middle of the episode, Henry was estranged from his owner. There were a series of frantic barks and chases, but Henry could not seem to find his owner no matter what he did. I remember wondering why the show was called Flaming Poodle, when the show had nothing to do with fire whatsoever when the really bad part happened. Henry had run into a house to find his owner, when somebody's cigarette fell to the floor, causing the house to catch on fire. Henry was unfortunate enough to be stuck under a couch that was going up in flames. I figured he'd escape and be fined. It was not the case.  The thing I remember most about this episode was how graphic it was. It was more graphic than most cartoons of that time would dare to be. I saw the fur going up in smoke, the realistic burn wounds, the blisters on the skin. It was so terrifying, that to this day I still can remember the sequence in given detail. After that, firefighters searched the house to check for any survivors. Under a thorough search of the house, they returned outside and declared that there were no survivors. They drove away from the smoking ruins of the house. I began to cry. What had I just watched? Where was the flaming poodle? What was the purpose of all this, to scare children? Then a silhouette rose from the flames. It was a poodle, surrounded by fire. I was afraid to keep watching. Two blazing eyes came into focus, and the flaming poodle began to speak.  No other living being will have to suffer the same I did when I died. From now on, I shall be known as the flaming poodle, and I shall do my best to rescue burned victims, and prevent fires from happening in this town. I felt relieved. This was clearly some kind of superhero show. We had just been shown the flaming poodles origin. Surely the rest of the show would be as harmless, and nonsensical as the other superhero shows I watched. I was wrong. All the episodes after that were just as spooky as the first one had been. The next one after the introduction, involved a child with horrible burn scars. Again, they were startlingly realistic, and I had a hard time looking at them. I figured this episode would either involve rescuing the child, or telling him there was nothing wrong with him, just because he was disfigured. Instead, the flaming poodle set the child on fire, and threw him into a house, setting it ablaze. He then made a show of saving the child from the fire, and he was praised as a hero. Unfortunately, his victory did not last long, as in the very next episode, we were told that the child had died. I don't know why I continued to watch the cartoon, when it was so clearly traumatizing to me. I just had nothing else to do, I supposed. Each episode was worse than the one before. All sorts of horrifying fire-related crimes were committed by the flaming poodle, yet he was constantly hailed as a hero. Not once did he ever do anything to earn this reputation. Killing children, burning down community buildings, harming other dogs, the flaming poodle was clearly a sadistic villain. The show wanted us to root for him for some reason, but after each episode had finished, I only wanted a kindly firefighter to put out this flaming menace. That never happened. The worst was the penultimate episode. At the end of that episode, where the flaming poodle commenced to burn down a church with innocent elderly people inside, the flaming poodle turned to face the audience.  Then the flaming poodle spoke. If you're watching, no you're not safe. And the episode ended with the poodle producing a ball of fire around itself, and cackling menacingly. This wasn't any old cartoon villain, this one was real. At least, it felt that way to me. I never saw the final episode, because it made headlines for being banned. The reasons cited for the ban included graphic injuries, easily imitable acts, and swearing. I can only imagine what it must have been like, since I have never met anyone else who saw it, or even any other episodes of the cartoon. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else had heard of or seen this cartoon. I've searched for it a few times on the web, but I get very few results. I know it's real, I remember it far too well for it to have been made up. Is this some kind of Mandela effect thing? Or do you remember it too? Whatever it is, I'm not giving up. I will track down the source of my childhood nightmares, and I'll watch that final episode. You can find anything online. I'm sure this cartoon will surface at some point or another. I just hope I can find it safely.


The next item of business is topical questions, and we start with question number one from Liam Kerr. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the national strategic assessment of serious and organised crime 2018. The Scottish Government welcomes a publication of the National Crime Agency's strategic assessment of serious and organised crime 2018. The assessment presents a high-level picture of serious and organised crime in the United Kingdom and contains a specific section on Scotland, which draws on information that is largely provided by Police Scotland. Police Scotland has primacy for serious and organised crime in Scotland and constantly assesses emerging and existing threats. It does so in collaboration with all law enforcement agencies based at the Scottish Crime Campus at Garp Cosh. Liam Kerr, I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. Presiding Officer, the Scottish sectioners of this report, referred to by the cabinet secretary, co-authored by the national crime agency in Police Scotland, is very clear. The threat from organised crime gangs is increasing in Scotland and not only is the threat from these gangs increasing, it is diversifying into new forms of activity. The report highlights on-going feuds, violence and firearms incidents, particularly in the central belt, so does the cabinet secretary think that this is good enough? The information that is contained in the report is intelligence and information that is provided by Police Scotland to the national crime agency on these matters. Is it correct to say that there are a small number of organised crime groups in Scotland that are presently undertaking a feud that has resulted in some serious gang-related violence that we have seen in public spaces in Scotland, particularly in the Glasgow area, which is wholly unacceptable? What I can say to members in the chamber today is that Police Scotland is doing everything possible to reduce the risk to the public from targeted acts of violence that take place in public places. Although I am sure that members will recognise that it would not be appropriate for me to set out in detail the specific nature of the work that has been taken forward by Police Scotland on those matters. There are operational matters for Police Scotland, but I am briefed on those matters on a regular basis by senior officers from Police Scotland and those from their organised crime and counter-terrorism unit. Members can be assured that those are issues that are taken very seriously by Police Scotland and that they are determined to make sure that the actions of this small number of feud and crime groups is dealt with appropriately and that there is a trail of action that is taking place and not to deal with it effectively. Thank you, cabinet secretary, for that answer, but the cabinet secretary avoided saying whether he thinks it is good enough. I will tell him what the public thinks it is not. Will he be analysing and reporting back which part of the Government's strategy to tackle organised crime has failed and why? The report also revealed that not only do criminals have ready access to firearms, but they are willing to use them in public places. What action will be taken in response to this news and how will progress be monitored?  I appreciate the member's interest in the matter, but he fundamentally misunderstands how those matters are addressed by the Police and Warr enforcement agencies in Scotland. The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy is a joint strategy, a multi-agency strategy, which is Scottish Government, Police Scotland and other crime enforcement agencies at the Crown Office and a whole range of public and private sector organisations that collectively come together in order to tackle Serious and Organised Crimes in a whole range of different areas within Scotland. For example, the work that they do in Divert in order to prevent people from getting involved in it is extremely important and is taken forward by a range of agencies. The deter strand, which is taken forward again by a range of different strategy agencies, helps to deter people from getting involved in it. Also, the disrupt elements that are taken forward largely by our law enforcement agencies are extremely important. The information that is contained in the assessment that is made by the NCA is information provided by Police Scotland. That is not new information. That information feeds into the national strategy that has been in Scotland to deal with it. One of the things that is very evident from the creation of a single police force is the co-ordinated action that we are now able to take in addressing Serious and Organised Crime. As I have mentioned, the spilling out of the feud of some of those organised crime groups on to the streets of some of parts of Scotland is wholly unacceptable. However, I can assure the member that Police Scotland takes those matters very seriously and takes robust action in order to deal with those matters. However, the information that is contained in the NCA report is not new information. It is Police Scotland's information that forms that information, and it is key to the delivery of the strategy in tackling those matters. Daniel Johnson The report talks about Serious and Organised Crime working across borders, specifically mentioning the ports of Loch Rhine and Cairn Rhine, and highlighting significant connections between gangs in the north-west of England. Given that, what work Police Scotland and the Scottish Government are undertaking to work with the Home Office and Police colleagues throughout the UK to ensure that intelligence is shared and that activity is co-ordinated? Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport. The member is at a very important point, because there is an issue in terms of how the Serious and Organised Crime groups operate, and very often they do not recognise any type of boundaries between different countries, including coming from Northern Ireland and also from south of the border. A key part of the work that Police Scotland takes forward is sharing information and intelligence with other law enforcement agencies within the UK and internationally in order to deal with those matters. The teams at Gartcosh and the Organised Crime and See and Counterterrorism Unit are responsible for taking forward those measures and sharing that information as and when that is appropriate. The member will also be aware recently of the success of operation escalade that resulted in a number of significant normals from organised crime groups, based in Scotland, being convicted and given very lengthy prison sentences. A key part of the work that they took forward in dealing with those matters is sharing appropriate information and intelligence with other law enforcement agencies to help to support them in taking forward that work. That work goes on an on-going basis. Having the crime campus at Gartcosh has provided that central hub that allows a range of different agencies—some 18 different agencies Scottish and UK and international agencies—to work in a collaborative fashion to tackle those matters effectively here in Scotland. Does the cabinet secretary agree with me that it is essential that Police Scotland remains able to utilise the European arrest warrant to combat those crimes effectively? I will sign off. It builds on very well with the point that was raised by Daniel Johnson. That is the need to make sure that we can share intelligence and information as and when it is appropriate, because those organised crime groups do not recognise domestic or international boundaries in perpetrating their crime. The European arrest warrant is absolutely critical in helping to support that work. The loss of the European arrest warrant could significantly hamper our ability to tackle serious and organised crime here in Scotland. It is still not clear, in any shape or fashion, as to how the UK Government intends to address that issue in the Brexit discussions. Alongside that, the work that we undertake with Europe, which is the sharing of intelligence through different police agencies, is critical in being able to track individuals who are involved in organised crime. The loss of access to that type of intelligence will again compromise Scotland's ability to tackle those matters. As yet, we have no clarity from the UK Government on how those types of issues are going to be addressed. The European arrest warrant will all play a very important part in helping to support us in addressing serious and organised crime here in Scotland. However, to date, it is unclear how the UK Government will address those issues once we have left the European Union. In my view, that potentially compromises our ability to tackle serious and organised crime here in Scotland as effectively as we are at the present moment. To ask the Scottish Government whether the powers to evolve to the Parliament over onshore oil and gas licencing under the Scotland Act 2016, which commenced in February, give ministers the authority to take decisions on granting and extending petroleum exploration development licences for onshore fracking? The Scottish Government welcomes the devolution of powers of the powers on February 9, 2018, to issue and manage onshore oil and gas licences to Scotland. The powers transferred to Scotland through sections 47 to 49 of the Scotland Act 2016 and related subordinate legislation provide Scottish ministers with a wide range of powers over the administration of onshore oil and gas licences, including the granting of or extension of petroleum exploration and development licences. I thank the minister for that response. Will the minister be able to seek to ensure that the initial term of pedal licence 162, owned by Ineos and Reach, which covers 400 square kilometres of a Scottish central belt, will not be extended and that its licence will cease on 30 June this year? What is the process by which the licence will be considered? I hope that Ms Beamish will understand that I do not want to prejudge any application that we have made to ministers in the same way as the integrity of the planning system is very important. We have only just received those powers. Any request for extensions to a licence would be taken on a case-by-case basis in regard to our policies in place at the time, but I want to reassure the member that those are matters that we take of great seriousness and we will be taking forward our plans to develop a framework around onshore oil and gas licencing. I thank the minister for that further answer. I wonder if the minister could clarify for the chamber and those in communities across Scotland who have concerns about onshore fracking, whether the Scottish Government now holds powers to revoke a licence or whether that remains with the UK Government. I return to the previous answer that I gave to Claudia Beamish, which is to state that we are grateful for the quickness of the devolution of powers following the statement in Parliament in October last year. We received commencement of the powers in February 9. We now have the powers, including granting of or extension of petroleum exploration, development licence or, indeed, to refuse to extend, if need be, but I would not want to discuss any specific licence at this point. I hope that, as Beamish understands, I do not want to undermine an impartial and clear transparent process that we would hope to deploy. When it comes to meeting our energy needs, does the minister share my view that this Parliament's focus should be on the importance of the renewable sector and, regrettably, that the UK Government has failed to provide this vital sector with the support that it requires? Very briefly, that is hardly to the point. I would agree with that. In the past, perhaps, there has been too much focus on fracking at UK level. We have encouraged UK ministers to take a greater interest and support for renewable industries. I had a recent meeting with Claire Perry in the oil energy conference in Glasgow and I have reason to believe that Claire Perry is more progressive than perhaps some of our predecessor, so I hope that we will have more fruitful ground. However, I take on board the member's point. I very much agree with him that renewables is the way to go and that we should put our energy into making sure that we have a low-carbon future in Scotland. Thank you. It has now been almost four years since the public inquiry concluded into the UK's first commercial planning application for coal-bed methane near Earth. The decision still sits in limbo on the planning minister's desk. Isn't it time that the Scottish Government gave communities the certainty that they deserve, using the legally watertight planning powers that they have now, and shutting the gate on their neos in the fourth valley? The minister will be aware that there is a live court issue in this, so just be careful in responding. Indeed, Presiding Officer, in any case, I can see only a limited amount in this that the appeals remain sisted and it is a matter for the DPAA to decide what the next step should be in each case. Thank you very much, and thank you, Mr MacDonald. Thank you, Presiding Officer. I recall in his statement to Parliament on October 3 last year that the minister made clear that the Scottish Government's preferred position was subject to the completion of a strategic environmental assessment. Will the minister update Parliament on that process, and will the minister confirm that he will update Parliament following the completion of the strategic environmental assessment and any bria that is undertaken? The member makes a very good point. We are embarked on the strategic environmental assessment, which is a requirement of the 2005 act, and we are, as I have set out in my statement, commenced. We expect that strategic environmental assessment to conclude in the summer, and we would undertake any other statutory requirements in reaching our preferred position. That is all that I can really say at this stage. Thank you very much, minister, and members. That concludes topical questions.


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Awesomely and wonderfully made in the image of God that's what the Hebrew scriptures say about us each human being a Representation of the divine spark beautiful strong awesome gifted Able to be creative and heal the world. This is true about every human body This is true about black bodies strong beautiful black bodies Black lives matter and every life is sacred


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How do y'all go on wood? Oh, honey. How'd you just crying? Oh, they're going on chief. Justice Well, I had to check it again How do y'all know they're going word? Where's your suit? I decided to not wear the suit until I'm present I'm gonna present next week. Why are you presenting? So it looks like it because of the other legislation So after stream dude, I was like nine a.m. playing off stream talking to people because like Well, I In my heart do I announce the beginning of the fifth Counsel of eight meeting today. We have some special guests We have captain Leonardo slacks and captain white Turner the LSPD captain white Turner is a 23 year old or sorry 23 Veteran of the police force is currently extending his tour of duty into the Literally About we have Leonardo slacks a young bright up and coming captain Trying his best to make sense of the landscape and we have a cleavage cornwood Who will be taking notes for me today as he is part of my legal counsel? First and foremost, let's welcome our new chief of staff Siobhan. Hey check. Can somebody take notes for the meeting for me, please? I Just want to say that I'm really I don't know I just want to say I think some of us may have gotten off on the wrong foot and I want to be clear that I have you know Always thought is what is good for the city on the state. I don't care about personal gain If I did I would not been a judge, you know I think Crane can attest to the fact that I don't really have an ego and it's about what's best for the city And I always put the best interest of the city first you have my promise and my word Wait, is there a way to do that? Who slipped me moonshine? Not me.  Wait, there's some on the floor here There are moonshine bottles on the floor. I did not want to pick it up and be in a possession of it Yeah, that would be a lot. I did not pick it up and somehow There's a there's a bottle next to every chair right now guys. Yeah, that's that's what I noticed as well I presume because of the to set the tone for the the meeting that we're about see the cornwood thing to do would be to bend over and Pick one up and drink it. Would you like those cups gated?  Sorry I Prepared a little speech because this is important topic with a quite a bit of facets to it I urge you to listen to me. It's a bit lengthy not too long The island is on fire and after the verdict from mr. K last night even more gas has been poured on it The resulting flames will be the perfect backdrop for this incomplete and incompetent police department Their vision of the three pillars has failed Their own police officers officers that I have taken the time to speak to personally are too afraid to rep Too afraid of reprimand from their superiors to even adequately do their job They fear reprimand from their superiors for speaking to me the elected mayor without permission a majority of officers I have spoken to feel that they have been ill-equipped to prepare the next generation of police officers to bring order to this inherently chaotic place They've had two months to flesh out an even in semblance of a suitable chain of command They have chosen instead to greedily bottleneck any semblance of power and responsibility while simultaneously Irresponsibly going MIA at some of the most pivotal moments of their development leaving their subordinates to pick up the pieces without giving them A tool there was no shoes when I confronted these LSPD captains with myriad issues last night I was met with an exceptionally defensive and utterly pathetic attempt at gaslighting They assured me that they were working in earnest to produce money from the bottom up a police department of integrity and accountability The results of this combined effort have been clear to see just last night and many nights as reported to me The police response of the island has been near non-existent I myself have gone down to MRPD last night to investigate and found both gates to their motor pool unlocked and wide open for just about anyone to waltz in I reported on 311 the covers customer service. Esk. Thank you. We'll get right on that I received was more akin to something a waiter might say if I were sending my food back Fortunately for all three of these LSPD captains one of their cadets was lingering about close to the gate for them I was curious I asked this cadet to let the chief of staff and I into the building so that I could see what the police presence was like for Ship 3 at MRPD the halls were empty Eerily silent as the three of us walked through the maze like hallways to find where the four blips identified by this officer might be lingering in MRPD I wanted to see who they were and what they were doing So certainly isn't these individuals were doing something to put that fire out after five minutes of wandering the cadet led us all the way to the top floor of MRPD in eerie liminal space. He pushed open the double doors and breathe I briefly caught a glit and briefly I caught a glimpse of all three LSPD captains huddled in a circle I ushered the cadet in question along and insisted that we be shown out I suspected that they might get in trouble for showing the chief of staff and I around the building considering the volatile conversation I'd had with the three captains earlier that night The cadet showed us out of the building with none of the captains even peeking their head out of the storage closet They were meeting in to see who might be wandering around their headquarters on the way out I asked the cadet What's your general feel for policing on the island these days very hesitantly as though He had been he knew he'd be punished for admitting it. He said oh well I don't know. It's just hard to get out there knowing I might get in trouble for trying to do my job With the three pillars of the LSPD working so desperately to ensure that training comes first and foremost prior to actually establishing a palpable chain of command Why is it that this random cadet would utter such a thing to me buck does have a Environment foster has a lot of problems captains is poisonous It's been increasingly clear clear to me They have no true intention of fleshing out their chain of command in any meaningful or speedy manner given that one captain Turner claimed It would take up to three additional months to have anything remotely resembling such what I asked them last night Well, I'm all for America get out of here now. Yep. All right leave oh Once again captain white Turner claimed to me after inquiry last night that it would take three additional months to have anything Remotely resembling a chain of command. They did however take the time to write out a very nice little document that in the very first paragraph Outlines the very simple fact that they themselves believe that they are the only ones Possibly qualified to become chief of police or in this case commissioner I was sent this by Leonardo slacks after I allowed him to see what I've been working on the realm of this act Why have we gone several nights?  I know no half the time by actual qualified professionals When I made this known to the captains last night captain who suggested voting by the LSPD to Seize power from the council of eight and to effectively usurp the responsibility Bestowed upon us by the state the responsibility that half of the population of Los Angeles placed in my hands So pressed was she by the prospect of having any amount of oversight whatsoever Treason was the first thing that she so this is what happened my presence in my office in this building In front of my wife and I I think Siobhan other LSP captains who did a hundred percent on this single finger I think she wants character and cornwood have the most similar personality types out of a lot of people captains All the time stop talking. Yeah, I can read it for you. Oh, you know Out loud. Please. There's a please announcement. My bad. My bad. Yeah, there should be I'm sure you're your subordinates Want to know why you didn't do shit about it because I didn't believe treason happened there That's why yeah after the first time pose a hypothetical question That if the city council can just vote and said above the PD Can the captain just vote and said above the city council? That was a question that was posed That sounds like she's posing a hypothetical But first of all canter it's called a hyper for first of all It was so far off base that even if that's what she was trying to do her lack of understanding about how basic Government functions in our island is disgusting She's suggesting for a moment that that is the same thing as the council of aid is ridiculous Because all of us have checks and balances all of you can vote to impeach mean All of you some of you are not elected officials You can be fired and replaced and once again.  She definitely said that she also said the PD was her own branch of government So that like you know what I mean, so I mean thank God We're all protected by the third part of the Bill of Human Privilege freedom of speech, right? Don't even get me started on you Nicota. Yeah, I'm glad that you're Glad that your captain's are I'm glad I'm glad that your captains are here in a freedom of speech is not freedom of consequences any sort of actual subjects for you from the PD you've said Oh, well, I don't know if I could speak on that.  What are you here to accomplish other than to push the agenda that these motherfuckers are trying to have you push? You mean the PD agenda the captain agenda if this was the PD agenda You would have mentioned a single time the point that you and your fellow officers are currently experiencing What what is our plate mayor? Yeah, what is our plate? Mr. Mayor that you know so much about captain's agenda When reality is the PD agenda go ahead Nicota tell him exactly what's going on Well, I just want to hear what's the biggest issues facing the PDR from you Can we talk for a second tonight? I just want to one thing at a time because we've been through so many topics Okay, let me let me finish. Oh, I'm so glad I'm so glad I brought corn on here I'm so glad what just happened so he can just listen and just hear what everybody has to say the combative and Disrespectful tittering from captain Turner and captain Ruth as well as the willful and weaponized ignorance Demonstrated by captain Leonardo slacks last night was both disheartening and eye-opening the LSPD claims to care about the people of Los Santos About us about whoever why is it then when faced with the smallest bit of scrutiny from its mayor an official who represents the Majority of the people of Los Santos of their best interests that cannot fathom that they might have been in the wrong in their methods Or that they could use a little bit of help the the mayor Yes, is is the elected will of the people and as such he represents the will of the state.  Mayor, please just let me get mayor mayor with all Everybody cool it down as I discussed with you gentlemen out in the hallway This is not something that is of his own Creation spawned from nothingness this council that I helped to design is meant to establish the will of the people Oftentimes I found myself, you know five six years ago overwhelmed trying to cater to everyone's needs Part of the reason for this council existing More appropriate Sheddles like me through different conduit Such as the healthcare field the law enforcement field the legal field when I look at things You need to trust me slacks turner everyone that I'm doing so in the best interest of this state I helped max conceive of many of the ideas in this document This is not something that's coming out of left field.  I've been sitting in the lobby of MRP and I've had people say shit to me about how PD's go Thank God this does they all think it's just cornwood Everybody or do I think max not everybody? It's like it's legit over how station we had is that the first step of any of this and Potentially even the penultimate step will solely be to assemble an investigative panel You have my word that he is only trying to do what's best for the city now Do I agree with his exact methodology?  Sorry, I'm now I'm fire and brimstone. No I love you when you speak please continue. I think I'm glad max got his shit out of his system I hope in the future he can you know visit a men's warehouse and get some slip-ons at least we'll see Crane In sending in this, you know Investigative body to sort of get us the answers so the reason why we haven't pushed civilian oversight board in the legislation yet Is because it should go as an in tandem The civilian oversight board should be created so that as this investigative panel discovers issues that may be occurring They can be referred directly to Malton because guess what Malton's on the panel I don't think corn was better than you're kidding. I think we don't resemble knowing oversight board Which the election will run in the next week or so assuming this legislation in some form gets passed And it says it should be the mayor's office's goal to ensure that the law enforcement departments are given the tools to succeed It says that every law enforcement officer is afforded the opportunity to succeed so long as they're passionate about their job and committed Along active law enforcement. So there's been some contention of that one Let me be clear. I it was never going to be my intention to go in and be like, hey, you know these These discipline points don't know about that. Don't know about this indefinite suspension. He's hired again, blah, blah, blah I literally won't be doing that it's more about Establishing the chain of command so that you guys are not judge jury and executioner and how would you fix that with an active chain of Command, what would you do in a way to where you'd allow something like that to flourish? What I would do is I would make sure you had a boss a Commissioner a chief of police anyone that could look at your Handed out discipline points and think hey Maybe these guys shouldn't be the ones to review whether or not their decision to hand out discipline points was correct or not Accountability police is the one issuing that points and signing off on it and you don't agree with it What happens then should not be doing that. Yeah, he just doesn't do it I'm just confused What do people have an issue with when a boss or somebody else comes in and remove somebody for lying or integrity false lying evidence? The issue is not the substantive action that has occurred The issue is that procedurally the substantive action is being reviewed by the same people that made the action in the first place It would be like if I did a court case and someone's only chance to appeal was to say hey Crane You ruled on my court case I'm appealing. I think you got it wrong. What do you think you see how awkward and strange that is? Right is the whole point Commissioner correct. I we're on the same page there, which is why I'm saying I don't think anything here is novel or different I just think y'all are having communication problems, which welcome to fucking Los Santos everybody what one of our jobs Okay, there's a difference between my job and their job obviously is that I was elected by people because I talked and listened to them These fucks were picked by the state What one of us is better at listening We meant to vote for this when you were going to oversee them when you were unwilling to speak to them or even show them the basic decency of Talking about Decency canter they threaten treason in city hall last night Second point they didn't threaten treason, okay I've spoken to several officers now and every time I asked them about how it's going or how they feel about their Superiors or how everything is operating within the police department every single one of them has it you know It's funny buck actually told me A month ago, and I told them no begin speaking out of line Nikoda himself in our council meetings is afraid to speak So the 100% of his his job title because he is afraid that is going to contradict what you guys think naturally I presented this I Vote yay Speak up on the police department Los Santos. I vote nay Head of bar Former police commissioner. Hey one one. Well, come on. Yay Shit head of medical group Liaison of the medical group of law. It's a big one Philip a canter. I vote nay, okay to do Justice the venerable me too Alan crane I am of the assumption That madam treasurer will vote nay and thus The vote will not reach a supermajority and thus that will accomplish the state oversight that we have Referred to and thus I'm comfortable voting yay because I believe in my bosses and the state to Repeal this should anything go awry, so okay. Good shit coil save the day Kale so say returns to the PD Jay Chief of staff Siobhan thoroughbred for three yay The gays have it passes Not a supermajority Thus everyone can be assured there is state oversight and potential to repeal should the mayor act out of turn Shit, okay, I will go ahead now and I want my guys into its final form I will ensure there is a sunset clause at the conclusion of my editing I will ask that everyone review my notes and edits such that we are on agreement This is what we voted for when we all agree then I will publish it and I will pass the published version on to the PD You know, it's not gonna be it's not so they's not coming back, right? But it was a joke max. This is simply an investigative panel that will hold Interviews with members of the PD should they wish to speak to the panel and those members of PD can bring up anything they wish Okay, slacks and Turner. I will make the edits we discussed I've already given you my word on what that will consist of I will text you slacks and let you know that it's been updated for your I do like how everything is pointed on max even though it says mayor and deputy mayor Yeah They deserve to be shit talk, let's be honest Okay, so there's some there's some what's that quote about something about your eyes only set clothes or some Some suggestions from the people of Los Santos Are things that I will suggest directly to the Fed they're in my notes document You guys want to take a peek at it or guess at what any of those might be I personally do not think that an additional charge is required for the theft of this particular thing Anything else guys? Sick. Well, this is our shortest meeting yet. I thought this would be our longest one Yeah, okay It's because I don't have anything Hello, howdy. Hey cornwood. So what do you think? I didn't get one. What do you think? What do I think? Oh, I mean I think it's good. I'm a little bit of Here's I'm a what I'm a little bit concerned about hearing about a it's senior officer plus only right See if it's senior officer plus a lot of the folks that are well, there's two parts this one a lot of folks that are Currently senior officers are in there, you know because they you know, they're the captains are quite fine with them I've been Barry. Yeah, Barry's good one. I don't don't worry. I'm not Look, I'm gonna get all those names I'm gonna go through when I talk to all these guys. I'm gonna I'm gonna sit them down I'm gonna figure out who's got the best head on their shoulders and who will best serve the state Look, I'll be honest with you. I don't care too much for rank. I just care to be able to do my damn job now I Care to be able to do my job But I also want people to be happy and people just ain't happy right now I have all them notes. He asked me to take do you want me to Send you send you the footnotes for that meeting. Yeah, I emailed them to me. Okay. Yeah, I'll send that to you Shortly, I'm gonna go through and I'm gonna make sure to is there a time you want to buy or so I mainly had you take those notes because I I suspected that certain people in that meeting might be upset that you were there Well, I mean these are these covers are asses what it does.  That's that's what I was going for. So what's she it? I'm Hell, I'll be honest with you. I don't mind Coming in more of those. I love sitting in listen to that if you'll have me but yeah Well, he my my wife was doing it at first, but she's the chief of staff now.  All right. Sounds good. Love you big C. All right.