What is going on everybody, it's Stas here. Welcome back to another video. So in this video, we're going to be doing an overall market update, taking a look at the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ. We're going to be doing a trading update as well, talking about what I did today in terms of my trades and a rundown of what other positions I'm currently in as of right now, April 16th in 2019, as well as getting into this huge news that we got regarding Qualcomm and Apple. And guys, Qualcomm stock has gone absolutely parabolic since this news came out, and we're going to be talking about that very briefly in this video, as well as some other stocks and ETFs that I'm personally watching here and looking to trade heading on to the rest of this month in April. So before we do get into all of these different topics, all I ask from you guys, if you find value in these videos, feel free to go down below and hit that like button. It really supports me and supports the channel in general. And if you're actually new to the channel, I have two links down below in the description box for you, one of them being our free Discord group chat and the other one being our free Facebook group. I guarantee you guys will find a ton of value in those two communities. So get in there now, and we can get talking and you'll see and talk to about 600 plus other people in that Discord chat. And again, I guarantee you'll find some value in there. So let's talk about what ended up happening today in the overall markets. It was again a pretty boring day at the close. We can see here the SPX, the S&P 500 index, the 500 largest publicly traded U.S. companies ended up closing the day a mere $1.48 in the green up 0.05%. So a very minimal green day in terms of the S&P 500 here, the Dow Jones Industrial Average actually had a pretty decent day, a better day than the SPX. It was up about $67 or roughly $68 at the close up 0.26% here. And the NASDAQ is currently up about $29. But remember, this is the future. It's up about 0.38%. So let's hop over here to the one day one minute and see exactly where it did end up closing. So it seems like we ended up closing roughly at about $76.70, which is about five points lower. So you can say roughly a 25-point green day today in terms of the NASDAQ composite here. Yes. So let's talk about a little bit more in depth on the SPX here. What I am seeing and a lot of questions I've been getting is, where do I see the SPX going in terms of the technical? So let's do a very quick run down on what I am seeing right here. And based on what you guys see in terms of these two red trend lines, you know, these resistance and support levels that I've drawn out, you know, we can see the S&P 500 is currently trading right in between those levels, right? Right in between the 2905 level and the 2915 level. These are the two levels we've been talking about over the past couple of videos. And if we hop here to the 20 day one hour chart, we can see exactly what I'm talking about, right? And for those that have been asking what I see in the SPX, I see honestly the uptrend still being intact, right? We pushed to the higher high here at about 2905-ish, 2906 to be exact. We got rejected by that resistance level, which was a support level from back in the end of towards the end of September in 2018. And we pulled back today actually and retested this old resistance, which is now a new support at around 2905, which if it holds and let's say tomorrow we pop up, this would be the confirmation of a higher low from the previous, which means exactly what I've been saying that the uptrend is still intact, right? So as of now guys, the uptrend in the SPX is still intact and what I would be watching for tomorrow if I were you and what I'm personally watching for is one of two things. Are we going to maintain this level of support here? Are we going to slowly start to push back up and test the 2915 level and maybe break out of that level for another higher high? Or are we going to break this level of support and maybe slowly start to test the next support level rather at this point, which is roughly at about 2895. These are some things, two scenarios that I'm watching for tomorrow, but as of right now at the close of the market, the uptrend is still intact. We're really trading between 2905-2915, which is about a 10-point variance as of right now at the close of the market. And keep an eye tomorrow guys. What are the futures doing? What are the large caps doing? Remember, it's earning season right now. A lot of big name companies are reporting and this can really fluctuate the markets, right? If guidance is down, if a lot of the big names miss on EPS and revenue, the growth slowly starting to slow down, this can really change up the SPX, which is why it's just super important to do your daily analysis. So let's hop over here to the Dow Jones industrial average and very quickly, we can see today guys that we actually broke out of the resistance that we've been talking about at around $26,400. And it seems like we're maintaining that level as a new support now. So if we're hopping over here to the 20-day one hour, we can see this a bit better, right? We popped up to about $26,500, which was a higher high from the previous. We broke out of that level of resistance and we pulled back from there. And if we see on the one day, one minute, we can see this, you know, we gapped up, we aggressively pulled down to that level of old resistance, which is now a new support at around $26,400. And the fact that we're seeing not one, not two, not three, but four bounces on that new support level, that's a good sign that the Dow wants to maintain this level as a new support, that it wants to really start to push up to the next resistance, which at this point, I believe is around $26,700, I think it is, right? Let's just take a look and double check that. Yeah, it's about $26,800 actually, which was a resistance from back towards the middle of the end of September in 2018. That is what I'm looking to see really happen for the Dow Jones right now based on the close of what we saw. And we actually ended up closing the day on a nice little pop here. We can see the big sell-off. We retested it at about $336 with about 24 minutes left in the market, Eastern Standard Time, and we popped up from there closing on a nice little upswing. So this is a pretty decent sign that the Dow wants to continue to push up from here, and it wants to slowly fill the gap back up to that resistance, which is the next resistance at about $26,800. So keep an eye on those levels. Let's go to the NASDAQ very quickly, guys. We can see that we've been talking about this resistance, old resistance, now a new support at $76,30. It's very clear now that we broke out of that level, right? And we're looking to, let's actually hop a little bit close here, because I think we did end up breaking this channel that I have drawn out for you guys here, which I actually talked about in yesterday's video. So this is a very good sign that we want to continue to push the uptrend here on the NASDAQ. And remember in yesterday's video, guys, I was talking about how we broke out of the $76,30 level. We maintained it as a support, but we were still struggling to get out of this resistance, roughly at about $76,55, right? We can see the resistance there, there again, right here, you know, here for a couple of days, really for about a five day span from $410 to $415, we were struggling to break out of that level. And the fact that we popped up higher today, we got out of this horizontal channel here, we pushed out, we made a higher high, we tested the $50 SMA bounce nicely and pushed to that higher high. That's telling me that the NASDAQ on a technical basis here wants to continue the uptrend and really wants to test those all-time highs that are very, very close at this point, guys, literally 50 points away. Give or take 50 points away right now from all-time highs. That's literally, guys, a big green day tomorrow or two little green days. Let's say we have two 30-point days. Literally, if we had two more days like this, 29-point days in the NASDAQ, we're going to be at all-time highs, which is absolutely unbelievable. So just keep an eye tomorrow. Are we going to maybe pull back and test the top of that channel at $76.55 as a new support? Are we going to pop up and test all-time highs, which at this point, let me just pop this out because we can draw a resistance now finally for the all-time high. That's going to be what I'm watching for tomorrow in terms of the NASDAQ. And of course, a lot of big names are reporting earnings this entire week, the rest of this month heading into the beginning of May. So keep an eye on all of those names as well, because like I said earlier, this is going to have an effect positive or negative on the entire stock market. So that's what I'm looking at. That's my little brief market analysis for today, guys. Let me know what you think about the market. I would love to know. Just drop a comment down below right now. And let's just talk about very quickly what I did today in terms of my trading. So I honestly didn't add money into any of my swing positions. You know I'm in AMD and you know that I'm in Apple. So I don't really want to spend too much time on those. But the gist of it, guys, is we're seeing AMD finally popping above $28, which is a pretty good sign. It didn't close above $28, which I'm a little bit about. But tomorrow hopefully we can get above that $28 level, maintain it, maybe push to the mid-28s. And that is where I'm looking to add more money into AMD. But as of now, I'm just simply holding my shares from the 2740 level and I want to see it close above $28. I thought we were going to get it today, because if we go on the one day, one minute, we can see how positively it did this morning and we were consolidating nicely at that 28 level.  I want it to close above $28 here. But tomorrow, hopefully we can close above $28, maybe push to the mid-28s. And again, that is where I'm looking to add more money into AMD. Apple is another one that I'm currently swing trading, guys. Today we got to pop up the 201. We sold off a little bit to about $198. That news with Qualcomm came out. We popped up to $250. Then we sold off to about $199. Excuse me, $25 at the close of the market. And in Apple, roughly at about $197.20, right around that range of about $197.20. And I'm just simply holding my position, right? The goal here is to see a break out of this $200 level of resistance. I want to see it maintain that level of new support and then slowly start to truck its way up to $210 per share. And as of now, my goal-sell target on Apple is roughly, I think, around like 205, 206 is where I do have my limit sell as of right now on Apple. And honestly, guys, that is all I'm swing trading right now, right? You saw my video yesterday where I took that little loss on Nvidia ticker symbol NVDA. And I'm just holding AMD and Apple, right? So let's talk about what I did today in terms of my day trade. I actually took a little position on Bank of America here. And this is actually a company that reported earnings this morning. And let's see what they reported in terms of earnings. And for those of you guys that don't know, there's a little live news tab right here. If you're using Thinkorswim, where you can see some of the big news that's coming out in terms of the different stocks that you're doing your analysis on, right? And typically during earning season, you can see if you scroll down a bit, you can see what companies did in terms of earnings like the basic numbers, right? You can see here. Let's see if I can get it. Bank of America quarter one EPS of 70 cents per share beats the 68 cent estimate, okay? EPS beat for Bank of America based on what the analysts were expecting, which is a good sign. And sales, they missed very slightly here. They reported $23 billion. They missed the $23.3 billion estimate. So based on those two big metrics here, typically when earnings are announced, the two biggest metrics we're looking at are EPS and revenue slash sales, right? So those were pretty decent for BAC. The little miss on revenue was, it was okay, right? But still, I'd say based on the two metrics of those, that's a pretty decent earnings report, right? Especially the way, you know, the economy is right now. I'd say that's pretty solid. So we saw, they reported earnings pre-market here. We saw a pretty big sell-off from $29.95 down to about $29. And what did that do, guys? That opened up a pretty big margin of profit here. And if we just see exactly how much that did end up opening up, if we go to my drawing tool very quickly, this opened up about 3%, right? And we noticed here, you know, once we opened up, we sold that, we sold down to about $29. We started to trade in this horizontal channel, right? Support at around $29 to $2905, resistance at about $29.15, right? And let me get my little channel tool out for you guys, so I can show you exactly what I mean here, right? So let me just click it very quickly.  I swear it doesn't work. All right, here we go. So, right, you guys see what I'm talking about? So pretty much this morning, I was waiting to see where BAC was going to bottom out, right? And again, we were doing this little horizontal pattern. And then once we broke out of the resistance, we started to form this little cup pattern, right? And remember, whenever we're breaking out of the resistance of a horizontal channel and anything you're watching, that is considered a breakout pattern, right? So this was a breakout pattern in BAC and from there, just see how it took off, right? It pretty much got all the way back up to the pre-market resistance at about $30ish, you know, towards the end of the market. And I capitalized on this trade. This was a pretty textbook trade to be honest with you guys, right? We popped up. And honestly, I got in as we started to break into the $29.30 level. And this wasn't a big trade whatsoever, guys. I got about, you know, 1.2%, 1.3% profit on a very quick little trade here. And from $23, guys, honestly, I ended up getting in at $29.30 roughly. I said $23.20. I keep messing up the numbers today, guys. I don't know what's going on. I think it's all of these earnings reports that are coming out that keep messing with my head. But from $29.30 up to about $29.70 is what I ended up trading BAC here. So a very quick little day trade textbook breakout play here. And they really just filled the gap from pre-market hours after it sold off after that earnings report. So that is the trading update for today, guys. Nothing crazy. I'm just really enjoying the time that we're in. Earning season is my favorite season in the stock market, guys. We get four of these per year, obviously. You know, we have quarterly earnings. And it's just an awesome time, right? Because stocks are extremely volatile. You know, the market's typically volatile. There's a lot of plays out there. It's just a fun time in the market. So let's talk about what happened with Qualcomm and Apple very quickly. Then we'll get into a couple of stocks and ETFs that I'm watching very quickly here, heading into the rest of this week. And remember, we don't have Friday on in terms of trading, right? The markets are closed on Friday. So just a heads up to everybody out there that doesn't know that. So I have an article here on Qualcomm. So Qualcomm shares SOAR as Apple agrees to settle bitter licensing disputes. So for those of you guys that don't know, not going to go too in depth on this, but Qualcomm and Apple, they've been at war. They've been in litigation legal disputes here for quite some time, right? Which explains why Qualcomm shares SOAR like crazy today. Let me just pull them up for you guys very quickly. You know, once this was settled, just take a look at this, guys. This is absolutely unbelievable. From $57, all the way up to $74 right now after market hours, that's nearly a 20-point move, literally like a 28% move here on Qualcomm after market hours. So let's talk about this a little bit more in depth. So Apple and mobile chipmaker Qualcomm have settled a bitter financial dispute centered on some of the technology that enables iPhones to connect to the Internet. So Qualcomm has its chips in the iPhones. Surprise truce announced Tuesday came just as the former allies turned antagonists were facing off in a federal court trial that was supposed to unfold over the next month in San Diego. So take a look at this, guys. The deal requires Apple to pay Qualcomm on undisclosed amount. We don't know this yet. I don't know if we will know it. It also includes a six-year licensing agreement that likely involves recurring payments to the mobile chipmaker. So this is a very good sign for Qualcomm, guys. Recurring payments to the mobile chipmaker. That is very, very good. So neither Apple nor Qualcomm would comment beyond a brief statement. Okay, we saw that. So both of these companies are actually reporting their earnings. One on April 30th in terms of Apple and Qualcomm is expected on May 1st. Apple had been seeking about $1 billion for money that Qualcomm was supposed to rebate as part of an earlier licensing agreement. Apple had begun to have misgivings about that deal as it added more features to its increasingly popular lineup of iPhones. So take a look at this, guys. Qualcomm was seeking $7 billion for unpaid royalties it contended. It was owed for its patented technology in iPhones. So Apple and Qualcomm were actually in a dispute about this, right? We can see here, Apple had already lost an earlier battle with Qualcomm last month when a federal court jury in San Diego decided the iPhone maker owed Qualcomm $31 million for infringing on three of its patents. So as of now, guys, this is some pretty, pretty good news in terms of Apple and Qualcomm. And we saw how crazy Qualcomm stock reacted. Apple, not so much, right? Not so much, but some more things to know here. Qualcomm still faces other potential fallout from its demands to be paid royalties in addition to the fees it charges for its mobile chips. The Federal Trade Commission has accused the company of using its royalty system to stifle competition in the mobile chip market in another case in which Apple played a central role. So that's pretty much the rundown in terms of Apple and Qualcomm. I say one of the bigger things about this, guys, is the deal now with Apple and Qualcomm includes a six-year licensing agreement, which is pretty solid for Qualcomm. So just keep an eye on the stock. And this is going to segue into what I'm watching for tomorrow, guys. So tomorrow, this is kind of the same mentality in terms of my mentality with Qualcomm that I approached with Disney stock, right? Both of these stocks pumped up a crazy amount in a day. Obviously, Qualcomm doubled what Disney popped up because Disney popped around 12%. Qualcomm's popping about 28% here, which is absolutely unbelievable and is still climbing. And I'm honestly approaching this with the same mentality of waiting for a potential pullback for an entry, right? I'm sure a lot of people out there, you can't argue that waiting for a pullback on Qualcomm right now isn't the sound trading decision, right? Just take a look at this, right? Who would honestly hop into Qualcomm right now as a swing trade, right? Not only are we nearing those all-time highs, if you hop into Qualcomm right now as a swing trade, you're betting that there's more upside here than downside after this news and after this massive pump. And that's a pretty bad bet in my personal opinion, right? Because we're actually already near those all-time highs. If we hop to the three-year chart here, the all-time highs, guys, they're about $5 away from where we are. Actually, no, no, no, not $5 away. They're about $2.50 away from where we are right now. So ideally here, guys, Qualcomm, I would love to see a pullback, maybe a put option play here for maybe, for it to get back down to maybe $66, which is the old resistance, now a new support. This is something that I'm watching in terms of Qualcomm, right? If we do get a pullback here, this could open up a nice long position, especially with this news, this relieving news with Apple and Qualcomm. Because to be honest with you guys, I haven't touched Qualcomm due to this, right? This kind of scared me away because anybody that's in litigation with one of the biggest, strongest, most valuable companies in the world, I kind of don't want to invest or trade or be a part of a company that is really in a dispute like that. So that's what kind of kept me away. But now that a lot of that is fizzling away, Qualcomm is opening up pretty decent if it does pull back a pretty decent opportunity here, right? So Qualcomm, I'm watching that one tomorrow. Let's just hop into Disney here. We're actually seeing a bit of a pullback starting to happen here in Disney, right? We ended up closing under $130 today, about $129.90. We're at about $130.25 here after market hours. And you see this resistance here, right? Older resistance, now a new support for Disney. Am I saying it's going to pull back all the way to $120? No, right? But if it does pull back maybe to $125, maybe $124, maybe a couple of bucks lower from where we are now, I think that's going to be a pretty good entry point for Disney. And that's what I'm waiting for for the rest of this week. And honestly, for the rest of this month here in the stock market. So Disney and Qualcomm, I'm watching them. They're kind of in the same scenario, same situation where I'm just waiting for a pullback. I'm waiting for the technicals to look a bit more attractive before hopping into them. But both of these do have some pretty positive catalysts right now that could drive the price in a positive direction. But first, I would love to see a pullback before we do continue to head in that positive direction. So in terms of stocks, guys, Disney, Qualcomm definitely are my top two on the watch list tomorrow. Apple, of course, let's see if this is going to react. I don't think it's going to react too much tomorrow, but I'm keeping an eye on Apple, especially if we get into the 200 level to add more money to it. Facebook today, we struggled to get out of the 180 level. We kind of did for a brief bit, but we ended up pulling back down to 179.03 here after market hours. It's looking like we are maintaining that level as a new support, but we'd love to see it push more into the 180s before taking a swing position on Facebook here. Netflix is actually another one I want to talk about. We saw Netflix report their earnings. I actually didn't get a chance to look into it too deep, but we saw, I read in the chat as well, that guidance was low. Yup, here it is. So Netflix tops Q1 expectations, but the Q2 guidance disappoints. So let's see exactly what their earnings ended up being here so I can see for myself, but if we don't see it here, no need to distress it. Here we go. So EPS sees quarter to EPS of 55 cents compared to 99 cents estimated sales at 490. Is that right? So they reported 55 cents of EPS compared to the 99 cents estimated? Oh my goodness. If that's true, that's pretty bad. Yup, that's pretty bad. But what was it? The sales? What were the sales looking like here? Let's go back down and take a look. So $4.928 billion in sales versus $4.95 billion estimated. So that's not too bad in terms of revenue, but I have to double check on that EPS. If that's right, that's a pretty bad miss on EPS, which honestly could explain why Netflix actually moved very poorly right after the market closed. Oh my goodness. It went down to $326 per share. That's unbelievable. That was very brief, I believe, but we popped down to 326 guys, which at that point from the close of the market, that was about a 10% drop right after market hours. And now it seems like the price has settled a bit right in that 357 to about 356 level right where a little bit under where we ended up closing. So not too bad right now in terms of the price, but keep an eye tomorrow on Netflix. Are we going to slowly start to sell off due to this earnings report, due to the poor Q2 guidance? This is something that I'm watching. So keep an eye on all those tomorrow guys in terms of stocks. That's all I got for today. If you enjoyed this video, feel free to go down below and hit that like button. It really supports me and supports the channel in general. Hit that subscribe button while you're at it and get notified every time that I do upload a video and drop a comment down below. I would love to know what are your thoughts on Netflix, the market in general, earning season, Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson reported earnings today as well. Just let me know guys. I would love to know what you guys think about this. As always, I appreciate every single one of you guys watching. I love you guys. Peace out. I'll catch you all in the next video.


This paper proposes a free energy principle that explains how biological systems can resist disorder. It relies on circular causality, similar to synergetics and the slaving principle, as well as nonlinear Fokker-Plank equations. By separating external and internal states, this approach reduces the problem to finding a deterministic dynamics for the internal states that ensures the system visits a limited number of external states. This principle is then shown to be equivalent to the information bottleneck method, which has been used to understand the functional architecture of the brain. Additionally, the generality of variational free energy minimization and corresponding information theoretic formulations could have implications in molecular or evolutionary biology. This article was authored by First and Karl.


Ladies and gentlemen, Governor Ronald Reagan. Good evening. I've asked for this time tonight to talk to you about tomorrow's election, to share with you my hopes for America, to discuss with you the kind of nation we are and the legacy we'll leave to our children. This marks for me the end of nearly one full year of campaigning and I want to use this final opportunity to continue the national conversation we've had in this campaign. From the time I was nominated by my party in July, my candidacy became a partnership with George Bush, a former ambassador to the United Nations, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, member of Congress, and liaison to the People's Republic of China. Though we've spent most of our time apart traveling across the United States, George is here with me tonight and I've asked him to take a moment to share some of the campaign reflections with you. Thank you, Governor. In my years of public service, I don't think I've seen a greater desire among our citizens to put America back on the road to greatness. They want to restore prosperity at home, to see that we're once again respected abroad, to renew the social and spiritual ties which once held us so closely together. Over these past few months, I've come to know Ronald and Nancy Reagan as friends, as well as political teammates. Working with Governor Reagan has deepened my impression of him as a man who, above everything else, has an abiding love for our nation. I know that we can take our working partnership to Washington and I can assure you that both of us will bring every fiber of our energy into finding solutions for the great and complex problems that face us. I'll be committed to helping Ronald Reagan as a supportive member of his administration. I know we can build this nation to be once again strong at home and abroad. But before we can do anything, we need your help and your support. We need your commitment to the future. We need your confidence in our ability to overcome the obstacles that have been raised in America's path. And now to share with you tonight the kind of leadership and vision he will bring all of us. Ladies and gentlemen, Governor Ronald Reagan. Thank you, George. One of Nancy's and my genuine pleasures during the arduous campaign period has been growing closer to you and Barbara. I've never known a more tireless campaigner and you've not only been an asset as a running mate, but I'm confident that you and I will have a close and compatible working relationship in Washington. The election will be over soon. Autumn will become winter. This year will fade into next. And yet the decisions we make tomorrow will determine our country's course through what promises to be one of the most perilous decades in our history. I know that tonight, the fate of America's 52 hostages is very much in the minds of all of us. Like you, there's nothing I want more than their safe return, that they be reunited with their families after this long year of their imprisonment. When they've returned, all of us will be turning to the concerns that will determine the course of America in the next four years. A child born this year will begin his or her adult life in what will be the 21st century. What kind of country, what kind of legacy will we leave to these young men and women who will live out America's third century as a nation? In thinking about these questions, many Americans seem to be wondering, searching, feeling frustrated and perhaps even a little afraid. Many of us are unhappy about our worsening economic problems, about the constant crisis atmosphere in our foreign policy, about our diminishing prestige around the globe, about the weakness in our economy and national security that jeopardizes world peace, about our lack of strong, straightforward leadership. And many Americans today, just as they did 200 years ago, feel burdened, stifled and sometimes even oppressed by government that has grown too large, too bureaucratic, too wasteful, too unresponsive, too uncaring about people and their problems. Americans who have always known that excessive bureaucracy is the enemy of excellence and compassion want a change in public life. A change that makes government work for people. They seek a vision of a better America, a vision of a society that frees the energies and ingenuity of our people while it extends compassion to the lonely, the desperate and the forgotten. I believe we can embark on a new age of reform in this country and an era of national renewal, an era that will reorder the relationship between citizen and government, that will make government again responsive to people, that will revitalize the values of family, work and neighborhood and that will restore our private and independent social institutions. These institutions always have served as both buffer and bridge between the individual and the state, and these institutions, not government, are the real source of our economic and social progress as a people. That's why I've said throughout this campaign that we must control and limit the growth of federal spending, that we must reduce tax rates to stimulate work and saving and investment. That's why I've said we can relieve labor and business of burdensome unnecessary regulations and still maintain high standards of environmental and occupational safety. That's why I've said we can reduce the cost of government by eliminating billions lost to waste and fraud in the federal bureaucracy, a problem that is now an unrelenting national scandal. And because we're a federation of sovereign states, we can restore the health and vitality of state and local governments by returning to them control over programs best run at those levels of government closer to the people. We can fight corruption while we work to bring into our government women and men of competence and high integrity. This last pledge is particularly important. No person who understands the American presidency can possibly hope to make every decision or tend to every detail in the national government. But he can promise to bring to government the best leaders in this nation and put them to work for the American people. During the past three months, many of these leaders have been working as part of our transition process on ways to reform the federal bureaucracy to make it truly a partnership between people and government. With their help and guidance, some of the reforms I'll seek to implement if elected are a new structuring of the presidential cabinet that will make cabinet officers the managers of the national administration not captives of the bureaucracy or special interests in the departments they're supposed to direct. Business-like revisions of federal auditing and management procedures. Such revisions are long overdue and will ultimately save billions in wasted tax dollars. Appointment of a special ombudsman to work with labor and industry groups to strengthen needed federal regulations while eliminating those that are burdensome and unnecessarily costly. We would seek to put the social security system back on a sound financial footing so there can never be any question about its strength. The appointment of special panels of top law enforcement experts to deal with the menacing problems of organized crime, drug abuse, and the corruption of public officials. I realize these reforms provide an ambitious agenda for our nation in the next four years. But I believe each of these objectives can be achieved. In accomplishing these goals, it will be imperative to establish a close working relationship with the new Congress. No objective will be more important to me if I am elected president than that of opening a new era of cooperation between the executive and legislative branches of government. These are much more than promises made in an election campaign. When I first entered office as governor of California, the state, which if it were a nation would be the seventh greatest economic power in the world, faced many of the same problems that confront the nation today. We brought into California government the best leaders from the private and public sectors. We cut the rate of government spending and provided billions in tax relief to our citizens. We brought the state back from bankruptcy by working closely with the legislature in constructing a welfare program that put cheaters off the rolls, reducing them by some 350,000, while it increased benefits to the truly needy. The Urban Institute, a Washington non-profit scholarly foundation recently referred to this program as a major policy success. That's why I'm confident we can affect the reforms I have mentioned, reforms that will get government off our backs, out of our pockets, and up to the standards of decency and excellence envisioned by the founding fathers. But beyond even these reforms, as important as they are, there is something more, much more, that needs to be said tonight. That's why I want to talk with you not about campaign issues, but about America, about us, you and me. Not so long ago, we emerged from a world war. Turning homeward at last, we built a grand prosperity and hoped from our own success and plenty to help others less fortunate. Our peace was a tense and bitter one, but in those days, the center seemed to hold. Then came the hard years, riots and assassinations, a domestic strife over the Vietnam War, and in the last four years, drift and disaster in Washington. It all seems a long way from a time when politics was a national passion and sometimes even fun. A popular novel of the 60s ended prophetically with its description of a kindly, pleasant, greening land about to learn whether history still had a place for a nation strangely composed of great ideals and uneasy compromise as she. Well, that's really the question before us tonight. For the first time in our memory, many Americans are asking, does history still have a place for America, for her people, for her great ideals? There are some who answer no, that our energy is spent, our days of greatness at an end, that a great national malaise is upon us. They say we must cut our expectations, conserve and withdraw, that we must tell our children not to dream as we once dreamed. Last year, I lost a friend who was more than a symbol of the Hollywood dream industry. To millions, he was a symbol of our country itself. And when he died, the headlines seemed to convey all the doubt about America, all the nostalgia for a seemingly long past. The last American hero said one headline. Mr. America dies, said another. Well, I knew John Wayne well, and no one would have been angrier at being called the last American hero. Just before his death, he said in his own blunt way, just give the American people a good cause and there's nothing they can't lick. Duke Wayne did not believe that our country was ready for the dustbin of history. And if we'll just think about it, we too will know it isn't. Have we forgotten that night, several years ago, when we waited through the long hours, watching our TV screens for that first plane to land at Clark Field in the Philippines, bearing our men who had been prisoners of the North Vietnamese? Finally the moment came. What would we see when that plane door opened? Those men had been imprisoned and tortured by savage captors for years, as many as ten years in some cases. The door opened and we had our answer. Admiral Jeremiah Denton came down the ramp, saluted our country's flag, thanked us for bringing them home, and said, God bless America. I was governor of California at the time. Nancy and I were privileged to meet many of the returned POWs in our home on four different occasions. We heard stories of incredible heroism and unbelievable horror, told without bitterness or attempted embellishment. We saw two men meet in our home, hear each other's name, and throw their arms around each other. They were the closest of friends. They knew every detail of each other's life. They were seeing each other for the first time in their lives where in our home their friendship had been built up over the years, tapping in code on the wall that divided their solitary confinement cells. One night, after such an evening ended, I asked Nancy, where did we find such men? Well, the answer came to me as quickly as I'd asked the question. We found them where we've always found them. In our shops, on our farms, on our city streets, in our villages and towns, they are just the product of the freest society the world has ever known. There were astronauts, Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chafee, who died as other Americans have died in opening new frontiers. Their courage was remembered when later the message came back to worth from other astronauts. The eagle has landed. Man had set foot on the moon. These were not the deeds of men who set out to be heroes. In many ways, they were ordinary Americans whose spontaneous response to time and circumstance gave us a glimpse into the soul of this country and the enduring vigor of our people. Do not mistake me, no reasonable man who sees the world as it is, who views the deterioration of our economy, the waning of our relationships with our allies, the growth of Soviet might and the sufferings of our recent past could underestimate the difficulties before us. But I wonder if those who doubt America have forgotten that just as in the lives of individuals, so too in the lives of nations, it is always when things seem most unbearable that we must have faith that America's trials have meaning beyond our understanding. Since our beginning, America has held fast to this hope and providence, this vision of man with God. It is true that world peace is jeopardized by those who view man not as a noble being, but as an accident of nature, without soul, and important only to the extent that he can serve an all-powerful state. But it is our spiritual commitment, more than all the military might in the world, that will win our struggle for peace. It is not bombs and rockets, but belief and resolve. It is humility before God that is ultimately the source of America's strength as a nation. Our people always have held fast to this belief, this vision, since our first days as a nation. I know I've told before of the moment in 1630 when the tiny ship Arabella, bearing settlers to the New World, lay off the Massachusetts coast to the little band of settlers John Winthrop said, we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world. Well, America became more than a story or a byword, more than a sterile footnote in history. I have quoted John Winthrop's words more than once on the campaign trail this year, for I believe that Americans in 1980 are every bit as committed to that vision of a shining city on a hill as were those long ago settlers. We celebrated our 200th anniversary as a nation a short time ago, fireworks exploded over Boston Harbor, Arthur Fiedler conducted thousands, thousands cheered and waved old glory. These were not just images they were images of our birthright of freedom and of a generous fervent patriotism that burns in America a patriotism that shows itself sometimes in very unexpected places. You remember baseball's designated patriot Rick Mundy, an outfielder for the Chicago Cubs who on April 25th, 1976 at Dodger Stadium grabbed our flag from two demonstrators who were trying to burn it in center field. And as he came off the field to the dugout carrying that flag, thousands suddenly stood and cheered and then found themselves singing God bless America. During this last year I've had a chance to meet and talk on the campaign trail with Americans in every corner of the United States. I find known national malaise I find nothing wrong with the American people. They are frustrated, even angry at what has been done to this blessed land but more than anything they're sturdy and robust as they've always been. Any nation that sees softness in our prosperity or disunity in our sometimes noisy arguments with each other lets such nations not make the mistake others have made. Let them understand that we will put aside in a moment the fruits of our prosperity and the luxury of our disagreements that is a safe and peaceful future for our children. Let it always be clear that we have no dreams of empire that we seek no manifest destiny that we understand the limitations of any one nation's power but let it also be clear that we do not shirk history's call that America is not turned inward but outward toward others Let it be clear that we have not lessened our commitment to peace and the hope that someday all of the peoples of the world will enjoy lives of decency lives with a degree of freedom with a measure of dignity. Together, tonight, let us say what so many long to hear that America is still united still strong still compassionate still clinging fast to the dream of peace and freedom still willing to stand by those who are persecuted or alone for those who seek the right to self-determination without interference from foreign powers. Tonight, let us speak to them for those who suffer from social or religious discrimination for those who are victims of police states or government-induced torture or terror for those who are persecuted for all the countries and people of the world who seek only to live in harmony with each other. Tonight, let us speak for them who regard us with such constant puzzlement and profound affection we must also speak tonight to our Canadian neighbors who so recently rescued Americans in Tehran to the people of Great Britain to whom ties of blood, language and culture bind so closely to the people of France who midwifed our birth as a nation to the people of Germany and Japan with whom we bound up the wounds of war to the people of Ireland and Italy and all the ethnic communities whose national heritages have enriched this nation and become our own to the people of Israel with whom we enjoy the closest of friendships to the people of Latin America Australia the Philippines Taiwan Korea to all our allies great and small we say tonight at last the sleeping giant stirs a resolve that we will win together our struggle for world peace our struggle for the human spirit and to the people of Africa we say that we seek a lasting just and close relationship to the people of China with whom we have begun the first important steps of friendship let it be known to them that we mean for that friendship to bring our peoples closer together to the people of Russia if only we could speak to them without their government intervening they would know our willingness to build an enduring peace tonight my fellow Americans we've reached deep into our national past remember the words and deeds of great men who've gone before us but before I close I want to leave you a speech by a man not so well remembered in history but those words spoken on the eve of our struggle for independence should uplift and inspire now as surely as they did in or I should say 1775 Joseph Warren a Boston doctor left us these words before giving his life at Bunker Hill our country is in danger but not to be disbared of on you depend the fortunes of America you are to decide the important question on which rests the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn act worthy of yourselves tomorrow morning you will be making a choice between different visions of the future your decision is a uniquely personal one it belongs to no one but you it will be critical in determining the path we'll follow in the years ahead if you feel that Mr. Carter has faithfully served America with a kind of competence and distinction which deserve four more years in office then you should vote for him if he has given you the kind of leadership you're looking for if he instills in you a pride for our country in a sense of optimism about our future then he should be re-elected but consider these questions as well when you finally make your decision are you more confident that our economy will create productive work for our society or are you less confident do you feel you can keep the job you have or gain a job if you don't have one are you satisfied that inflation at the highest rates in 33 years were the best that we could do our interest rates at 14.5% something you're prepared to live with are you pleased with the ability of young people to buy a home of the elderly to live their remaining years in happiness of our youngsters to take pride in the world we have built for them is our nation stronger and more capable of leading the world toward peace and freedom or is it weaker is there more stability in the world or less are you convinced that we have earned the respect of the world and our allies or has America's position across the globe diminished are you personally more secure in your life is your family more secure is America safer in the world and most importantly quite simply the basic question of our lives are you happier today than when Mr. Carter became president of the United States I cannot answer those questions for you only you can it is autumn now in Washington and the residents there say that more than ever during the past few years Americans are coming to visit their capital some say because economic conditions rule out more expensive vacations elsewhere some say an election year has heightened interest in the workings of the national government others say something different in a time when our values when our place in history is so seriously questioned they say Americans want their sons and daughters to see what is still for them and for so many other millions in the world a city offering the last best hope of man on earth you can see them these Washington visitors looking for the famous as they walk through congressional hallways see them as they return silent and tight lipped to tour buses that brought them for a walk through rows of white crosses in Arlington Cemetery you can see them as they look up at a towering statue of Jefferson or out from the top of the Washington monument or as they read the words at the Lincoln Memorial let us bind up the nation's wounds these visitors to that city on the Potomac do not come as white or black red or yellow they are not Jews or Christians conservatives or liberals or democrats or republicans they are Americans awed by what has gone before proud of what for them is still a shining city on a hill at this very moment some young American coming up along the Virginia or Maryland shores of the Potomac is seeing for the first time the lights that glow on the great halls of our government and the monuments to the memory of our great men let us resolve tonight that young Americans will always see those Potomac lights that they will always find there a city of hope in a country that is free and let us resolve they will say of our day and of our generation that we did keep faith with our God that we did act worthy of ourselves that we did protect and pass on lovingly that shining city on a hill thank you and good night


What's good Josh your boy Ross back at again with another video. So today we'll be checking out WWE best chair shots compilation part one I know there's probably gonna be some clips in here that you know I've seen in the past just watching videos on YouTube or just on the in the clutch page with me and I'm sure we've seen some of these chair shots But you know I'm saying and when it comes to chair shots and WWE and how they you know Kind of switched it up from what they used to be when it was like unprotected chair shots to now They're they're mostly protected and they usually hit like their opponents on the back it's it's still it's still cringe worthy because I Don't know if you guys know a lot of people try to throw around old wrestling's fake and all this other stuff and yes The storylines and some of the moves they do on you know, they're not real per se A lot of the storylines they use just for theatrics, you know Just to you know sell the match and some of the moves they do is more of like an illusion than actual, you know I actually hurting someone but at the same time There are a lot of moves that are stiff and when it comes to objects, especially chairs, you can't fake that People try to throw that around you can't fake a chair It's a real chair that they were using to hit each other with a lot of times They would try to you know protect themselves with the hand before they got hit and a lot of times in the case of Mick Foley versus The rock I think it was a empty arena match That was a lot of unprotected chair shots that Mick Mick Foley was taking and just in his career He was taking a lot of unprotected chair shots to the dome. You feel me? So it's just one of those type of things where you know, it's still it's still painful you feel me But we're about to check it out. You know, I appreciate all the love and support on the channel wrote to the 20k on the way And let's do this thing man warning hitting a chair on someone's head is dangerous and may cause injury Do not try this at home. This is this is facts. This is true. Just what I was talking about I don't know why it was in a whole nother language, but okay I remember that one This this I remember this moment right here He was taken on prepared unprotected chair shots as well American badass dead man Look at the chairs already dented up I Missed the old smackdown set with the the they had the little Tron on the side You got the rampway and they would come through the middle I missed the old smackdown set not gonna lie to you smack down for I want to say decent few years They were better than raw in my personal opinion like the show itself was better They had to better wrestling in my opinion. The storylines was intense Smackdown was the show smackdown was the a-show back in the day. No lie. Oh my god Oh, yeah, and they used to have the uh, the little smackdown fist Above the the entrance way on the ramp. Good times, bro You know Brock is gonna have some nasty vicious chair shots This is what my favorite clips And now sir we gotta go back We gotta go back. He got blessed Yo, look at this.  This is insane But now it just makes me cringe because of all this type of like side effects that come with just taking unprotected Chair chair shot over and over and over all this one Oh I I want to say I'm not sure I think this is the match where Eddie ended up getting busted open by JBL Like ridiculous a mono blood from a chair shot. I'm not sure if this is that match It may be that match. I don't know if they're gonna have it in this uh in this video Hmm Bro I was just saying at the beginning of this video Mick foley was just notorious for taking chair shots Unprotected with his hands tied behind his back or you know handcuffed like that is just Dude is insane just for our entertainment Oh, no Oh Here you go. Did you hear the smack?  I remember that I remember that very first inferno match I thought that was just insane just oh my god, yo like what it's what is going on like these dudes They really turned it up. Is someone really about to get set on fire. Just imagine that as a kid just watching that.   He wrapped around his neck. Oh my god, y'all. I remember watching this This is bringing back so many memories, bro Oh man Whoo, something about that that that still can chair though, man mm brutal brutal You put the mic down just to do that place the night on the nicely on the mat One night stand.  Oh man Jesus, bro, this is This is Crazy compilation, man, and this is just only part one. It's crazy like Watching these, you know, when I was a kid or you know, when I was younger how I didn't really think too much about those chair shots. I just thought they was cool visuals like yo, that's insane He got destroyed by that chair But I never really thought of the complications until I got older and we started learning about a lot of wrestlers You know having concussions and what that could cause and what that can bring just all those unprotected chair shots Over years and years that can bring some complications You know people start for you know losing memory and all different types of stuff So it's just this is one of those things they put themselves at risk Just for our entertainment and you know, I enjoy it, bro. I'm glad they don't have the unprotected chair shot Uh situation going on now.  I'm all for Like certain certain moves. I'm not I'm not okay with certain wrestlers performing Especially if it can mean like they end up potentially suffering in the long run I'm all about being entertained. But at the same time, I know these people these are people to have Lives and family. So it's all about the safety of the wrestlers. That's what I'm all for But yeah, man, this was dope. I'm looking forward to part two Comment down below. What was some of the vicious chair shots in this particular video? I want to know which one y'all think was the most vicious for me It'll have to be the undertaker Destroying mr. Kennedy. Oh my the way it just wrapped It just failed like right around his neck. That shit was Intense, but I appreciate all the love and support Road to 20k and I appreciate y'all kicking it with me. I'll see y'all in the next one. Peace


That distant and small spot in the cosmos is the habitat of approximately more than two million species and the product of billions of years of evolution. Most of this biodiversity is in the soil beneath our feet, but only one percent of soil species have been identified so far. The soil biota constitutes the greatest concentration of biomas of any part of the planet and is composed of an immeasurable amount of mega, macro, meso and microorganisms. Each of these wonderful creatures plays a key role in the food chain that maintains the fragile balance of life in natural and agroecosystems. If these complex interactions become interrupted, it can cause irreversible impacts for life on Earth, including humans. So, why do we need soil biodiversity? Soils hold many unexpected secrets and perform unseen functions, but discovery of antibiotics has had a major impact on increasing human life expectancy. Soils hold many other potential medicinal functions and possible cures. The natural association between plant roots and microscopic fungi promotes better plant nutrition and growth, tolerance to soil pathogens and adverse climatic conditions. Through the natural function and metabolism, soil microorganisms are capable of breaking down and denaturing certain toxic compounds and contaminants resulting from many human activities. Part of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, derived from industry and agriculture, can be absorbed by plants and stored in soils thanks to microbial decomposition that may allow soil carbon retention for long periods of time. This invaluable service provided by soil organisms is key in climate change mitigation. On the other hand, deforestation, monocultures, and the overuse and misuse of agrochemical inputs degrade and reduce soil's health, diminish resistance to pests and pathogens and cause biodiversity loss that jeopardize a delicate balance that took billions of years to evolve and specialize. We could not only lose a long natural history of speciation, specialization, evolution and adaptation, but also soil's capacity to perform essential ecosystem functions. We restore, manage and conserve something that we do not see directly, and of which we do not have full knowledge. It is our collective responsibility to raise awareness on the importance of soil biodiversity, promote technological innovation to preserve and enhance soil biodiversity, including ecosystem restoration, recognize soil biodiversity as a key provider of ecosystem services, and as one of the main nature-based solutions to face all the current global challenges, invest in gathering better knowledge about the status of soil biodiversity and functions, including by region and land cover type, and develop policies based on scientific evidence to mainstream sustainable soil management and conservation of rich biodiversity soils across landscapes. Everything that we eat and drink passes through the soil biota over and over again. Therefore, we need healthy soils for healthy food, healthy environments, healthy people and a healthy life. It starts with you. Give a voice to the sound of a living soil. Keep soil alive. Protect soil biodiversity.


This video is sponsored by Danger Close Armament. They are a veteran owned and operated company producing the finest polymer frame self-defense pistols in the world. They start with an honest assessment of the handguns and identify many of the shortcomings. You can purchase a complete pistol or have them work on yours. They perform on slide machining, $100 optic cuts, slide coatings, and sell parts and accessories. Check them out at DangerCloseArmament.com. Hey there friends, thanks for checking in. I've been going through my safes and I decided to show off my shotgun. So that's what this video is about. It's a shotgun collection video and I have a pretty diverse collection here. You just may like it. Let's start out here with the Mossberg Maverick 88. They call it a working man's shotgun. MSRP 245 shooters were picking this up for right around 200 bucks. It's a steal. Barrels are interchangeable with the Mossberg 520 inch barrel with the security model, flat darker furniture, corn cob fore end, 7 plus 1 capacity. It does have a cross bolt safety right there. Nice smooth action, nice rubber recoil pad. The Mossberg Maverick 88, very popular reputation. People love it. They love the price and the function of it. Along with the capacity, I find it an all-around fine shotgun. Here's a magazine-fed semi-auto 12-gauge shotgun called the Rock Island VR-80. Shooters like the AR-positioned controls have a 20-inch barrel with screw-in chokes, flip-up sights included in the case. It's a smooth shooter for a 12-gauge shotgun. It's very smooth. Currently, I have a 5-round mag in there. 9 and 19-round mags are also available, 2 and 3 quarter inch and a very nice handguard. MSRP 699. It became very popular. A lot of people appreciate the VR-80. Here's a Stoker Coach Gun with 20-inch barrels. I love Coach Guns. They're a lot of fun. They're easy to disassemble, easy to operate and I think Stoker does a good job right in the mid 400s is what you could get this for. I went with the single trigger. I like how quick it resets and I like the quick shooting that it offers. A lot of people like the double triggers, but it does have a modified choke and a fixed cylinder choke with the barrels. It gives you a little bit of diverse shooting, but this will certainly get the job done. It's been very reliable for me. It does have extractors and not ejectors, but a nice shotgun overall. My favorite 12-gate shotgun is right here. A Remington V3 Tactical. This is amazing. It has the versatile part gas system that feeds and fires all loads. Even the heavy 3-inch magnum loads don't feel that bad because it is very smooth. I'm so impressed with it. 18 and a half inch vent rib barrel. A barrel clamp there with an M-lock slot on both sides for attachments. 7 plus 1, 2 and 3 quarter inch capacity. Oversized charger, bolt release and cross bolt safety. Overall an excellent shotgun. Sells over a grand if you can find one.  Here's another shotgun load firearm called the Henry Lever Action Axe. Chambered in 410. It is 5 plus 1 with a 15 inch barrel. A very wide lever action loop right there. This is just plain fun. You got that 410 and it's very hard to find these days, but when it was plentiful, I loved shooting the Lever Action Axe. It's a good looking firearm. It's expensive. Goes over a grand, but it's certainly small, lightweight, compact and if you get the right load in 410, it'll get the job done in home defense. I will guarantee that. The right load. Very important right there, but this Lever Action Axe is so nice. Here we have a new Mossberg 590S. A tactical model with a forend that has M-lock slots. A 20 inch barrel. A plus 1, 2 and 3 quarter inch. It has a cylinder bore choke. You can purchase other ones, screw them in there, whatever you choose. A ghost ring rear sight, synthetic furniture, same platform as Mossberg with the thumb safety and the smooth action, but it also accepts and feeds and fires mini-shells. And you can alternate those. I did that with my range review and I found that to be very cool. Little pricey, 731 MSRP, but it's a nice shooting and very optional loading Mossberg. Another budget shotgun is the Rock Island All Generations MSRP 299. It is a 12 gauge pump action shotgun that has very nice furniture, kind of Magpul-ish, but it's not Magpul and a pretty smooth action. 5 plus 1 capacity. A serrated vent rib barrel. It offers a cheek riser right there, so it does have some very nice features in there. Additional screw-in chokes as well, but the All Generations for a very fair price is a nice entry-level 12 gauge pump action shotgun. Here's another pump action 12 gauge that I've had a long time. It's called the Remington 870 Express Tactical. This has been very reliable. It has an 18 and a half inch barrel. Currently, a door breaching choke. This could be removed and other chokes added. 7 plus 1 capacity big old barrel clamp right there. Nice smooth action. The sight system has a ghost ring right there. Excess sight, ramped up front sight. I'm not sure what's going on with Remington right now. You know, it's pretty confusing. I don't even know if you can find this these days, but since day one, this has performed very well for me. Here's a CZ Coach Gun called the Sharptail. CZ makes some great shotguns. The Sharptail has Turkish walnut furniture, color case hardened receiver, 20 inch barrels, a lever right there that allows you to choose which barrel to shoot first. This is a single trigger model. The trigger resets very fast. I really do enjoy this CZ Sharptail. It's a bit expensive over a grand, but I find it well worth the price. Here's a Mossberg 510 Youth Mini Bantam chambered in 410. Camouflage finish on it, very small stock made for the youth. A good training tool in the 410 would be something that younger kids could get used to and comfortable with shotguns. 18 and a half inch barrel and 410. It does hold three with one in the chamber. A dual bead sight system and that same Mossberg pump action that so many people love. Pretty cool shotgun. If you have young kids, this would be a nice model getting them into shotgun shooting. My favorite 12 gauge firearm for home defense is right here. A Remington V3 Tac 13. It has the verse support gas system that reduces recoil and feeds and fires everything. It's been so reliable. I love this firearm. 13 inch vent rib serrated barrel. Barrel clamp there. I mentioned 5 plus one. It does have the strap right here to help control bird's head grip, but this thing is amazing and I know a lot of people wanted it. It's hard to find right now. I'm so happy I have this because I can't think of a better home defense firearm than this. It's so compact, so small and so reliable and that verse support system that Remington offers is certainly a worthy choice on any semi auto shotgun. I love 20 gauge shotguns, but the only one I currently own is this new England firearms single shot break open 20 gauge shotgun. These are cheap. Like you can pick this up for under a hundred bucks, perhaps at a pawn shop. It does have ejector so you can load it up pretty quick, but just simply pull that hammer back and fire away. I got this I think for 70 bucks a long time ago, but it's always been really nice and a lot of people tell me that this was the first shotgun they ever fired and they've hunted with it for years and it has a very fine reputation throughout the years as well as color case hardened receiver. Here we have an over under 12 gauge called the Stoker double defense. It's a tactical model with rails between the barrels and on top a single trigger over under easy operation. Has some jeweling below the barrel right there. Simple disassembled. Does have a fiber optic front sight and a nice shooter. Now I can't say I put a lot around through this, but when I have taken it to the range, I certainly enjoyed it. MSRP 479 and if you love double barrels, this is a pretty cool model. Cheating a bit here, not a shotgun, but a 12 gauge firearm called the Mossberg Shockwave 590S with the 14 inch barrel that make another model that's a bit longer. Higher capacity magazine tube. This is a 5 plus 1, 2 and 3 quarter inch shells, but what it allows is reliable feeding and firing of mini shells and you can alternate those. A lot of people find that attractive. You don't need an adapter with this 590S. Corn cob forend with a strap, beaded front sight, raptor grip and overall a nice home defense shotgun. I think would be the one of the best purposes for it, but I certainly have always appreciated the shockwave models. Here we have a rammington 870 DM. Pump action, 12 gauge magazine fed shotgun with mags that carry six rounds. It is very similar to the express tactical that I showed you, the 870 express tactical except for Magpul furniture. This is a Magpul edition, which is always nice. Magpul does some great work. 18 and a half inch door breaching choke right there. You can remove that and put chokes internally. Beaded front, wrapped up front sight, excess rail, ghost ring, rear sight. I used to like this more than the express tactical. Now I like the express tactical a little more compact. You don't have to keep mags loaded, but I do find this to be a very well made and well shooting and very reliable shotgun. Here's a shotgun that has not worked well for me throughout the years. I need to send this back to Mossberg. Here is a semi auto 930 12 gauge, 18 and a half inch barrel door breacher that is not a choke. It does not screw in. It is fixed there. A four plus one two and three quarter inch. When it when it worked, it was great, but I'm having some extraction and ejection issues. So I'm going to have to send this back. I've been very lazy with that, but it goes around 700 bucks. All right. I remember buying this at Walmart and back when they were a little more two way friendly and I got a good deal. It was like right around 500 bucks. I was so happy to get it, but disappointed with its performance. I suppose I should get that taken care of. For those of you who stuck around to the end, you would have seen 16 separate shotguns and I'm not done. I've got a few others on my mind right now that I just made pick up hopefully rather soon. If you like videos like this, please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button. Thanks for watching and you guys be safe.


The Cavalcade of America, sponsored by DuPont, maker of better things for better living through chemistry, presents Helen Hayes as Mr. Lincoln's wife. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, this is the Cavalcade of America, sponsored by DuPont. On this memorial day with Helen Hayes as our star, we bring you the story of an American woman, a plain woman, a simple woman who lived to know the sting of slanderous gossip, the emptiness of widowhood, the loneliness of age, Abraham Lincoln's wife. Our play, Mr. Lincoln's Wife by Victor Wolfson, is based on a new biography of the same name by Anne Calver. For R. and Reinhardt are the publishers. Here's an interesting news item from the field of chemistry about the nylon that used to make stockings. Perhaps you already know that nylon monofilament is replacing silk in surgical sutures and many other vital war needs. Now, many life rafts for flyers forced down at sea are supplied with nylon fishing lines. And now DuPont Company presents Helen Hayes as Mr. Lincoln's wife. My name is Mary Todd. Do you know who I am? Mary Todd. It's a simple name, a plain name. It makes you think of apple cider and hay rides and square dances. I married a man with a simple name, a plain name. Abe. Abe Lincoln. On November the 5th, 1860, I was a housewife. Mrs. Abe Lincoln, Jackson and 8th Street Springfield, Illinois. I worried about the bills I looked after the children. I was busy with the thousand and one things a woman has to do about a house. He bit me in the leg. I'm ashamed to both of you, whatever will the neighbors think. Now go upstairs and watch for supper. Your father will be home any minute. Yes, ma'am. It's the way it was most days, just a small town housewife. But suddenly, one day, everything changed. Imagine my little cousin Mary Todd, the first lady of the land, as they say. If Abe wins the election, that is. My sister Mary, the wife of the president, if he wins. Do you know what that'll make me, Lizzie? The sister-in-law of the president of the United States. Ever since Betsy. And I'll be the president's cousin by marriage. Oh, why in the world am I talking to you when I should be down at the hotel watching the election returns come in? Look, they're posting some more figures in the Pennsylvania column. 420 more for honesty. 420 more for honesty. Oh, good evening, Lizzie. Where's Mary? Oh, she's home for a worn out thing, trying to get the boys to sleep. She's asleep at last, those tad.  I don't see how you can stand this waiting, waiting. It'll all be over soon, Emily. We'll know one way or another before long. Come, let's go downstairs. Careful not to step on that loose board. Emily. Mommy. Shhh, Taddy. Go to sleep. You'll wake Willie. I can't sleep either, Ma. Is Pa president yet? It's Lizzie. Lizzie, what is it? I've run all the way from the hotel. It's bad news. I know it. Let me catch my breath. What did he say? Tell me. What's that? A parade. They're bringing Abe home with a brass band. Mary. President. Emily. I knew it would happen. The minute I said eyes on him 18 years ago, I knew it. People whispered about me behind my back when I said it. But just you wait, I used to say. And I was right, Emily. I was right. Yes, Mary. Come and sit down. You've worn out. No, no, I'm all right. Emily, don't stare at me like that. Don't you see this makes up for all the long, bitter years? Poor Mary, Tad, people used to say. Mary to a sad, faced failure. Why, he can't even provide a decent home for his family. I was ashamed to ask for credit at the stores. The clerk smirking, wondering when they'd get paid if ever. Don't you see? This moment wipes it all out forever. I'm Mr. Lincoln's wife. The president's wife. I'll open the door. I'll welcome the new president home. Mr. Lincoln. My husband. I'm proud. Very proud. Come. I have some hot cocoa on the stove for you. You must be tired. It had begun the new life, the new adventure. We were on our way to Washington. I should have been excited and happy, but I wasn't. I was afraid. What will people say about me? Will I know how to do things correctly? Will my clothes be right? Will people laugh at me? I don't know what made me so afraid. Perhaps it was because Mr. Lincoln looked so sad. Yes. Even now, in his triumph, walking down to the speaker stand in the capital to make his inaugural address, he was the saddest man I ever saw. Look, Mommy, there's Papa way down there. Shhh, Teddy. Look, he's staring up here at us, Ma. Just nod and smile. That's right. He smiled back at us, Mommy. Shhh, Ted. Listen to him. That evening, we attended the inaugural ball. There was laughter, music, dancing, yes. But there was something else, too. It stood in the doorway as it moved beneath the great chandeliers. It was present everywhere. Suspicion. I could feel it around me. Wherever I looked, I saw enemies dancing together, laughing. Isn't it the most wonderful ball? I've never seen so many handsome uniforms and so much to eat and drink. Yes, Emily. Everyone seems happy, I'm glad. Everyone except your husband. Look at him standing there in the corner. Why, he looks as if he were attending his own funeral. Don't say that. My Mary, I didn't mean anything. Forgive me, Emily. I don't know why I'm so nervous. Who's that he's talking to? That's the secretary of Treasury's daughter, Kate Chase. Isn't she beautiful? Yes. And she wags the most dangerous tongue in Washington. Ben Helm told me all about her. You, a new beau, knows a lot about Washington. I'd like to meet him. Would you marry him? He's here. He's asked me to marry him. But he's a Southerner, Mary. What of it? So are you and I, Emily. So are our brothers. For heaven's sake, don't let geography stop you if you love him, Emily. Go on, bring him. I'll be back in a minute. I'm Kate Chase. Oh, yes. I was just thinking how well you stood it. Stood what? Having us all come here just to stare at you. You seem to enjoy it. Will you have some punch? No, thank you. One gets used to being stared at, I expect, Miss Chase. Certainly you would know about that better than I. You have wit, Mrs. Lincoln. I can't believe you're from the Middle West. Did you expect me to wear a poke bonnet and ride around Washington in a cupboard wagon, Miss Chase? Oh, no, not that. But isn't it curious a member of a Southern family like yourself, married to a man who's against slavery? I should think your being Southern might lead to family tension. Our family tensions are... or lack of them are of no public concern, Miss Chase. Oh, please, don't take offense. Will you excuse me? There's a senator from Missouri. He's a bitter enemy of your husband, you know. I'm sure he'll be a worse one when you're through talking with him, Miss Chase. Oh, I simply adore your wit, Mrs. Lincoln. That was excellent punch. We've been looking for you. This is Mr. Ben Helm, Mary. Well, I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Helm. Mrs. Lincoln. I hope you'll be in Washington a good long time. Well, ma'am, that depends on two things. Emily and the war. The war? Yes, ma'am. War that's coming. Coming fast. It was true. The war did come. They fired on Fort Sumter. Civil war. I sat in my room holding back the old, unknown fears. Yes? Who is it? It's me. So glad to see you. I came right from the station, Mary. We cut the honeymoon short. Ben, what are you going to do now? You've had years at West Point. You should apply for a commission. We need men like you, Ben. I was offered a commission, Mary. I refused it. I'm going back home, Mary. I'm a Southern. I couldn't fight my own people. I understand, Ben. And you, Emily, you're going with him, of course? Yes, Mary. I shall miss you both very much. It'll be lonely for me here in Washington. Goodbye, Mary. Goodbye, my dear. Good luck, Ben. My sister and her husband going over to the Confederate side. What would Kate Chase say now? What would the rumors be now? I had to act quickly to head off the flood of talk that was let loose against me. I sent for my husband's secretary. I don't know if I can help you, Mrs. Lincoln. You must, Mr. Stouted. I must do something to stop the rumors, to show people I'm not pro-slavery. You remember that letter I had from Mrs. Orville about a Negro school she wants to organize? Yes. I'd like you to get me a list of people I might go and see about this school. At a time like this with feelings running high, there might be bad talk, Mrs. Lincoln. Talk? Do you think I don't know there's talk enough already? They've accused me of being a Southerner and a spy. Wouldn't my working for this Negro school prove that I'm against slavery? I'm afraid that people who circulate such stories aren't likely to be convinced by any sort of proof. Then what am I to do, pray? Just sit by and do nothing at all? For the present, that might be best. In these times, one can't be too cautious. Mr. Stouted, I will not hear that word cautious again. Every fool in the city talks of nothing but being cautious. Mrs. Lincoln. I've tried your precious caution, Mr. Stouted. And what has it got me? Nothing but hatred and lies. Spiteful, vicious lies about me. Mrs. Lincoln, I realize that it's been most trying, but we can only be patient and try to understand. Mr. Stouted, will you please for mercy's sake stop trying to fool me? You talk as if I were ill or... out of my mind.  I'm spied on and talked about in my own house, but I can't discharge a servant who's insolent to me for fear of having more vile stories better about me. And then you tell me I must be patient and try to understand. I'll go mad if it goes on this way mad. Do you hear me? Well, don't stand there staring at me like that, Mr. Stouted. There's no reason to be alarmed. I'm quite myself. Quite. Good day, Mr. Stouted. You are listening to Helen Hayes as Mr. Lincoln's wife on the cavalcade of America sponsored by DuPont. As our play continues, Mary Todd Lincoln finds herself in the White House alone, without friends. The civil war is reaching its climax. Yes, the band stopped playing. There were no more cheers. The war was being fought desperately. I rarely saw Mr. Lincoln now. He was in constant session with his cabinet, with his generals. I was alone. I turned to my children, little Ted and Willie for companionship. Then suddenly one day, Willie came down with a fever. I sent for the doctor. I'm afraid it's quite serious, Mrs. Lincoln. But doctor, it can't be.  I advise you to have a nurse in. You'll have a chance to rest then. I don't need a rest, and I won't have a nurse. I won't have some stranger coming in. No one understands Willie as I do. Mrs. Lincoln, I feel that in the present crisis, your nerves are... Oh, no. What are you trying to tell me about my nerves, doctor? My dear Mrs. Lincoln, I assure you, I mean no criticism. I understand the strain you must be under here in the White House. It's only natural that your nerves... For pity's sake, will you stop talking about my nerves? Perhaps you think... Perhaps I think quite, Mrs. Lincoln. Nothing. Leave me alone. Send a nurse in if you want to, but do what you like. Only leave me alone. There'll be one here in the morning. Good day, Mrs. Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln, if you don't stop pacing up and down, I'm afraid you'll have to leave the room. Nurse, are you ordering me out of my own son's room? You know the doctor's instructions. Your son must have quiet. And do you think that will save him? I don't know. We can only wait. Wait. You tell me to wait when my son is dying. Mrs. Lincoln, please. No, you mustn't go near him, Mrs. Lincoln.  Come on. It's so hot in here. It's the fever, my darling. Try to lie still. Don't toss about so. Ma, well soon. Yes, of course. Very soon. Ma. Yes, dear. I don't think I will get well. Oh, don't say that, darling. You must get well. You will get well. Please, get well. Willie, please. My little son did not get well. He died. The war dragged on. My two brothers in the Confederate Army were killed by my husband's armies. And people talked again. I heard all their whispers. Then one day I received a letter from my sister Emily. Young, handsome, Ben Helm. General Helm of the Confederate Army, decorated and brave, was killed in action. Emily was alone. She had no place to go. I persuaded Mr. Lincoln to allow her to stay with me. Oh, I knew there would be more talk. The wife of a Southern general living in the White House. But she was my sister. I sat in my room waiting for her to arrive. Who is it? Emily. Oh, Emily. Are you ill? You look so strange. No, no. But Emily, I've been dying to tell someone, you locked the door. You did lock the door when I came in. Oh, yes, yes, I began to forget things. Emily, I want to tell you a secret.  Come, move your chair closer. What is it, Mary? Emily, sometimes at night. Yes, go on. Sometimes at night I hear voices. Mary, what are you talking about? Yes, I hear them calling to me at night. Emily and Ben Hill. Mary. Yes, speaking just like they were in this room with me. That's why I locked the door, Emily. I don't want anyone else to know they're here. No, you mustn't look so afraid, Emily. I was afraid at first. But after a while, it's pleasant sitting here in the rocker, talking to them. You mustn't let anyone know my secret, Emily. You won't tell anyone, Emily, will you? No. No, Mary, I won't. Oh, Mary. And one day the bells began to ring. Peace. Peace came at last. I was almost too weary with the strain of these years to realize it had come. But I was happy. Abe was happy. We had both grown so old in these few years. But it was over now. Peace. On the Friday before Easter, good Friday, I persuaded Abe to go to the theater. I was getting dressed. Will you be wearing this black dress, Mrs. Lincoln? Oh, no, no. Bring the blue lace one, Mrs. Keckley. This is a real celebration. Mr. Lincoln and I haven't been out together for so long. Where are you going, Mrs. Lincoln? To the theater, Mrs. Keckley. To Ford's Theater. Mr. Lincoln died that night. Died in my arms. And his voice was added to all the other voices I listened to in the dark safety of night. Mary Todd, widow of the president of the United States. Mary Todd, widow. Alone with the voices I heard in the night. Ma! You're bringing him home, Mary. He's the new president.     We can't trust you. Ma! Then one day I was taken to a courtroom. We have heard the testimony of Dr. Isham and the other witnesses. The verdict of this court is that the defendant is of unsound mind, incapable of handling her property and conducting her affairs.  You're mad. The defendant is remitted to Bellevue Sanitarium at Batavia in the state of Illinois in accordance with arrangements to be made by her family. Case dismissed. Dismissed. Dismissed. Dismissed out of this life. Dismissed into an asylum. Widow of the great president. After a while they let me out of the sanitarium. I hurried away. I wanted to forget, forget. I fled to London. There I lived in a quiet boarding house. The widow of the great president. I was an old lady by now. I rarely went out. But one day I had to mail a letter. I went down the street to the letterbox. Excuse me, miss. I'd like to post this letter.  Oh, wait. Wait, don't hurry away. Don't you remember me? Yes. Yes, I do. Miss Kate Chase.  Are you here alone, Mrs. Lincoln? Yes. Mrs. Lincoln, if there's anything I can do, I'm afraid we were all quite cruel to you in Washington. Oh, it's such a long time ago. It doesn't matter. Good day, Miss Chase. Even meeting Kate Chase didn't matter now. I really must be getting quite, quite old. There was a cablegram for me on the bureau. From Emily. She begged me to come back to America. I cried with joy. I was wanted. Emily wanted me. I was going home. I was going home at last. No longer afraid of my memories. No longer afraid. Don't go so near the railing. Oh, Madame, will you watch them for a moment, please? I go to my stay-at-home for a sweat there. Yes, of course. Come here, Pierre, Robert.  Do you know what my name is? No. My name is Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. You know who Abraham Lincoln was, don't you? No, Madame. I'll tell you about President Lincoln and school. We don't go to school. We live in Paris. Upper pie is a tutor for us. He teaches us in French. When you get to America, I expect you'll go back to school. And then you'll learn all about Abraham Lincoln. And you can tell your teacher, Abraham Lincoln's wife, talk to you. And told you that he was very fond of little boys. Abraham Lincoln's wife. You'll forget that now, will you? Abraham Lincoln's wife. Thank you, Helen Hayes. And now before telling you about next week's cavalcade, we want to tell you how DuPont engineers and chemists have saved the government of the United States since this war began, more than $600 million in the process of manufacturing explosives. In a war that will cost the nation $100 billion during this year alone, $600 million may be a small item. But in a wider sense, the sum of $600 million is anything but a small item. For those saved dollars will buy just so many more tanks and guns and planes, which American production turns out better than any other. The saving breaks down something like this. All military explosives are based on nitric acid. When nitric acid plants had to be built to meet the greatly increased wartime needs for this chemical, it could be built at much less expenditure of critical material, time, and money. 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We think you will be interested to learn of this $600 million saving by the men and women who are responsible in peace time for DuPont's better things for better living through chemistry. Pinky was a good soldier, eager to be going overseas at last, and the two women on the train were friendly, interested, sincerely patriotic. None of them intended to do the thing they did, but information is like a chain and the walls have ears. Listen next week when DuPont presents Everett Sloan in an exciting spy story by the noted mystery writer Minyan Eberhard. Be with us next week when Cavalcade presents Everett Sloan in The Enemy is Listening, especially written for this program by Minyan Eberhard. Curries, the special musical score was by Arden Cornwall. Cavalcade is pleased to inform its audience that Helen Hayes will soon be seen in the star-studded motion picture Stage Door Canteen. 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