And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theatre of thrills. Suspense. Tonight, the story of a man who tries to escape his past and is faced with no future. We call it Nobody Ever Quits. So now, starring Tom McKee, here is tonight's suspense play Nobody Ever Quits.  Yeah, hot and black. For me, it must be close to zero. Not that bad. Down around 20. Congrats tonight, though. Radio says we might get a blizzard. And they call this sunny California. Well, more than 5,000 feet here. 6,500 at the top of the pass up the road apiece. Yeah, I know. I just came over it. Heading north? Yeah, Vegas. How far is it from here? Let's see. 260 from Victorville. Victorville is 32 from here. It's a matter of your lost. What makes you think so? Well, Cajon pass in the direct route. Not many cars come over the mountains in the winter. Say, uh... Ain't I seen you someplace before? No. Not unless you've been through here before. No, never. I mean back east someplace. You come from back east? Never been. Come from up north. That's funny. Without that mustache, you often you'd be a ringer for a kid I once knew back in Jersey City. Joey Parino. Funny. Yeah. Lookalikes. You're running on sometime. Yeah. You sure you were never back east? Yeah, sure. That's funny. Without that mustache... You'd be mistaken. Yeah, I guess so. Well, where do I find the coffee? Right inside, sir. Sally'll take care of you. Oh, you better check the battery in the tires, too, then. Sure thing. I'll have a cup of black coffee, please. Yes, sir. Tonight's storm is expected to bring at least six inches of snow down to about the 3,000 foot level. Now let's get back to the music. Here you are. Oh, thanks. This coffee feels good. That sounds like you might be snowed in. Won't be the first time. That might be dangerous, considering... Oh, no. I'm not expecting until April. You never get any snow that late. Not even when the weather's unusual, like they say out here. Well, it's never that unusual. You better get Walt to put your chains on. Oh, I haven't got any. Well, then watch your step going down the hill. Particularly, move, show, curve. It's bad in the snow like this. Oh, thanks. I'll remember that. Is he your husband? Who? The fellow gassed me up this, uh, Walt. Yeah? You two all alone up here? Dad, you'd better get a move on.  Oh, where is he? Went down to Victorville this afternoon for supplies. Seems to me you're asking a lot of questions. Yeah, I may. Well, maybe I am. Sorry, just the traveling alone. Like I am, you get lonely. It's nice to talk to someone. Sure, I know it is. You, uh, you born around here? No, up north. Why, Rika? Yeah. How'd you guess? Well, your husband said that's where he comes from. He did? Yeah, doesn't he? We said he did, didn't he? Yeah. Say, um, you ever hear of a guy named Joey Parino? No. Why should I? Your, um, your husband looks like him. What if he does? Nothing. You ever been east? Nope, never outside the state. You ask more questions than a cop. Don't worry, I ain't no cop. It's all set to roll. Do I need any oil? No, full up. How much do I owe you? Let's see, 12 gallons, that'll be 395. Oh, is that plus the coffee? Compliments to the management, the policy of the establishment. Free coffee during blizzards. All right, Sally? Yeah, sure. Yeah, I'll get you changed. Don't bother. 395 for the gas and 10 cents for the coffee. I got a policy too, I don't take handouts. Oh, but what was the only thing? I don't want to be owing anybody anything, sister. Particularly rats. He's saying it, Joey. Joey? What do you mean, Walt, calling you Joey? It's nuts. He asks an awful lot of questions. What kind of questions? About me, about you. Said you told him you came from Wai-Rika. Why'd you tell him that? Look, honey, the guy's nuts. I never told him I came from Wai-Rika. You never told me where you came from, either, Walt. You just said you came from back east. What difference does it make? Didn't then when we first met, it doesn't now. If you tell me it doesn't. All right, I tell you it doesn't. Okay, forgive me for being foolish. That man had me scared. The way he asked questions, the way he looked at you. He called you a rat, he called you Joey. He's nuts, honey.  It's gonna be a long, cold night. All right, you coming? Yeah, in a little while. Won't be much more business than this storm. You know something, Walt? You know what? I love you. I love you very much. Is that a fact? Las Vegas in, good evening. This is Victorville, California. I have a person-to-person call for Mr. Pirelli. Hold the line, please. I'll try to locate Mr. Pirelli. Mr. Pirelli? Yeah? I have a long-distance call for you from Victorville, California. Who's calling? Just a moment, please. Who's calling, Mr. Pirelli? Mr. Battaglia. Okay, I'll try to put him on. Go ahead, sir. Hello, Pete. Yeah, Bat, what are you doing in Victorville?  Yeah, I know, but I sort of got lost in the mountains. Yeah, I figure as I know you get lost in Jersey City. Yeah, you hear what I found. A gold mine, I suppose. No, Joey Purino. You're kidding. Where? In a gas station back in the hills. You sure it's Joey? Well, sure I'm sure. He's got a mustache and he's got a wife and he calls himself Walt something or other, but it's Joey all right. Did he recognize you? Well, sure he did, but he didn't let on. I thought I'd better tell you... Hey, wait a minute. If he recognized you'll take it on a lamb. He's up there all along with his wife. She's in a family way and it's blowing up a blizzard. He wouldn't risk getting her out in this kind of weather. Where are you? In a joint called White Spot. All right, now you sit tight. I'll be there in a couple hours. Well, how are you going to do that? I'm going to charter a plane. But boss, I'll be glad to handle him for you. I'm sure you would, Bat, but this one I want to take care of myself in my own way, if you get what I mean. I'll wait for you here. What's the name of this place where he's at? Walt's Summit Service. Why? I thought I might give him a ring before I leave. I tip him off? No, I'm going to offer him another chance. Are you kidding? What do you think? Walt's Summit Service, good evening. Hi, Joey. You must have the wrong number. This is Walt's Summit Service. No, no, no, no. Bat just told me it was by your joint a little while ago. There's some mistake. I don't know what you're talking about. This is Walt's Summit Service. Okay, but me in particular. I miss you so much, Joey. I feel like just got to talk to you. I'm sorry. You have the wrong number. Yeah, honey? Who was there? Hey, you're supposed to be asleep. I was... Somebody had a wrong number. Tell him. Ah, a guy was drunk or something. Oh?  Aren't you coming? No, I don't feel very sleepy. I'll sit up a while away for your dad. Oh, I don't think you'll try to come up the mountain tonight in the storm and all. I'll sit up a while anyway. Keep the coffee hot in case he does. All right, honey. But don't make it too late. I get lonely in here without you. I know, darling. Look, you go to sleep now. You are listening to Nobody Ever Quits, tonight's presentation in Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills. Suspense. Put spring cleaning on the list early this year. If you do, you're bound to put a crimp in those home fire statistics. Clean out all accumulated rubbish. When it's gone, it can't burn. Another thing, if you have frayed electrical wiring anywhere, have it replaced. Be fire-sighted about your home, and it'll always be there when you want it. Prevent home fires. It's cheaper and safer than putting them out. And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Tom McKee, starring in tonight's production of Nobody Ever Quits, a tale well-calculated to keep you in suspense. In conception to Point Doom, the Weather Bureau predicts that close on the heels of the present storm is another, developing off the coast of Northern California. This is an undisguised bus-hand for the farmer in the San Joaquin County. The goer is an Orange County. Wild Summit Service. Hi, Joey. Wrong number. You should... Wrong number. You listen to me. You got the wrong number. Yeah, I know it. Good. Taking off of him five minutes, you take off in five minutes, too, Joey. Look here. Don't hang up on me again, Joey. You listen to me. If I'm to get down off the mountain, it'll take me to fly to Victorville.  Now that's an order. I don't take orders from you anymore. You take this one and I'll come up there and shove it down your throat. Listen. Highway patrol car, just pull up outside. Caps. I'm not trying to kid you, Pete. That's my boy. I'm not a squealer, Pete. Ain't you? No. I'm telling you. I just wanted a house. Yeah, yeah. I'll be right there. Who are you talking to? State cops. I told you. I don't tell nothing to nobody. I just want to be left alone. I want it out. I got out. Leave me alone, will you, Pete? Sure. So I wait for you. I draw for you. I don't know nothing. I ain't talking. Sure, you ain't. I got to go now. Just let me alone, Pete. But I'd love to heaven let me alone. Well? I know it, honey. Who are you talking to now? My wife. She's awake.  You'll meet me in two hours at the white spot in Victorville. You got it? Didn't do it. Well, it was on the spot. Yeah, Sergeant. Some crackpot. Second time he's called tonight. He's got a wrong number.  I just stopped by to see if your folks were all right. Oh, sure, sure. Snug is a bug in a rug. Have a cup of coffee? Well, yes. Thanks, Miss Parsons. I guess maybe I dropped for that, too. I thought maybe you might have an ulterior motive. Uh, how's the weather outside? Tain't fit night for a man or motor car. The pass is closed and we won't be able to get plows through from the other side until the more of four noon. Well, that's what you can expect in February. Yeah. There are books about unusual whether fellow lives his life in California like you and me, and we know how she goes. They won't. That's a fact. There you are, Sergeant. Sugar, cream, and hot, I hope. Oh, wonderful, Miss Parsons. Just as advertised. Sally. Yes, darling? Like the Sergeant says, Tain't a fit night out for a man or motor car. Yes. I thought maybe we might put him up for the night. Well, of course. No, no, I wouldn't want to inconvenience you. Oh, but it wouldn't be. Not at all, Sergeant. No inconveniences at all. Would you sure like to have you stay? Well, that's right. Nice of you, believe me, but I've got to get down on the road. But it's after 10 now. You're off duty. Yeah, and my relief comes from the other side of the mountain and he ain't going to be able to get through, so I guess I'm still on duty. Well, what is there to do now? I never can tell on a storm like this. Orders are to patrol the highway. But the highway's likely to be closed. Right, so I'll patrol it until it is. Thanks for the coffee, Miss Parsons. Sure you won't stay? Thanks, but I can't. Won't be any trouble, Sergeant. Thanks anyway. Oh, say, um, that car out front. What car? A couple hours ago when I was going up to pass.  What about it? In any trouble? No. I just wondered. I hope it got done all right. Cars like that weren't designed for this kind of country. No, I guess they weren't. Driver. Huh? A screwball. Maybe a little loaded, I don't know. Yeah. Well, good night, folks. Thanks again for the coffee. You're welcome. Night, Sergeant. Well? Well. I'll get it. No, I'll get it. Walt Summit service. You ain't left yet, Joey? Get gone. You got the wrong number. Again. What is it, darling? A screwball. What's he want? Who knows? He's drunk.  I'm not very sleeping now. I know what. We'll sit up and wait for Dad. He won't make it now. He might. Let's go to bed, I said. Didn't you hear me? All right. We'll go to bed. We'll go then. I gotta lock up. All right, honey. Walt. What? What's the matter? Nothing. Nothing's the matter. I gotta lock up. That's all. Go on. Go to bed.  How'd you guess it would be me, Joey? Let's cut the kitten. I'm not kitten, Joey. I'm disappointed. I'm real disappointed. I fly all the way down here from Vegas just to talk to you. What happens? You ain't got the courtesy to come down the hill to see a pal. I'll come. You ain't here, Joey. I'm not coming, Pete. You're not? No. Well, I guess I'll just have to come up there. Nobody's asking you. Joey, Joey, that's no way to talk. I ain't done nothing to you. You walked out on me, Joey. Nobody walks out on Big Pete. I'll see you in an hour. Oh, and Joey, don't try taking a powder. I fell at the bar, just told me the pass is closed, and the only way out is down the hill, Joey. I know it, but it's...  Joe. Joey? Yeah, yeah, I was cut off, operator. Just to be trouble on that line. Probably the storm. Oh, thanks. He ain't coming? Don't worry, it couldn't be better. The line just went out in the storm. And the pass is blocked.  Yeah, ain't it. All right, come on, let's go. A pleasure. Yeah. Come to bed. I can't sleep. Why not? I'm worried. I gotta go down the hill. What's the matter, Walt? I'm worried about your dad, honey. I'm going to look for him. Now, you know he's probably staying down at the Rances. If you're worried, telephone him. No, no, I tried. Line's out. I gotta go look for him. But, Walt, you can't leave me here alone. I gotta, honey. I gotta. But, Walt, I'm afraid. There's nothing to be scared of. You'll be safe here. I feel better with a gun. Looking for dad? Walt, you're keeping something for me. Who's been telephoning all night? Has it got something to do with that man who was here this evening? Tell me, Walt. You've gotta tell me. There's nothing to tell. Now, look, go back to sleep. No, I'm going with you. You can't go out on this storm. If you're going to look for dad, I'm going with you. After all, he's my father.  Please. If you promise you won't go out. I can't. I gotta go. I gotta go alone. Then it isn't, dad. It's something else. Look, honey, don't... Hey, how come the place all lit up like a Christmas tree? Can't be that much business tonight. Oh, dad, thank goodness you're here. This silly husband of mine was going out to look for you. He was afraid you'd skid it into the canyon or something. Oh, mountain man like me? Oh, fiddle stakes. Glad you dressed, though, Walt. I promised Sergeant Toy I'd send you down the road to give him a hand. Accident? Yep. Went through the guardrail on Mew's shoe curve. Durned fool was driving without chains. One of these fancy new two-tone jobs. Dad, was it a pink and gray hardtop convertible? Well, too, it didn't specify, but he recognized the driver. Big shot gangster from back east, he said. Didn't know the other fellow. What? Were they hurt? Hurt? Yeah. They're both as dead as the last week's hamburgers. Okay, I'll get going. Will you put the gun back in the drawer? I'll be back in a little while. All right, honey. Dad. Well... See, she gets to bed, will you? She hasn't had much sleep tonight. Don't worry. I'll sleep now. Good. Hey, you know something? What? I love you. I love you very much. Suspense. In which Tom McKee starred in tonight's presentation of Nobody Ever Quits. Next week, the story of two young men and a frightening dare. We call it the game. That's next week on Suspense. Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis. Script written by William N. Robeson. The music was composed by Lucian Marwick and conducted by Ludbloskin. Featured in the cast were Peter Leeds, Joyce McCluskey, Jack Krushen, Larry Thor, Vic Rodman, Irene Barton, John Marlowe and Bill Anders. This is the CBS Radio Network.


Give the people what they want. Give the people what they want. Give the people what they want. Your weekly movement news roundup. Today is May 20th, the 20th of May. Yesterday was the birthday of Ho Chi Minh. You're listening to Give the People What They Want brought to you every week on Friday from People's Dispatch. That's Prashant and Zoe, co-editors of People's Dispatch. Your main hub for news these days, these upsetting times. Also brought to you from Globetrotter. I'm Vijay from Globetrotter. Elon Musk is in Brazil in Sao Paulo meeting with Mr. Bolsonaro.  It's likely he's there to eat the Amazon. So let's see what's going to happen. Elon Musk in Brazil. Be careful folks. We'll come back next week and tell you what Mr. Musk has been up to and whether the Amazon is still standing. Well, I'm speaking to you from South Africa, but we're going to go to Prashant now in Delhi because this is a pure brick show Prashant. We're going to go to Prashant now in Delhi and Prashant is going to talk about the strikes. Not in India, but in South Africa. So of course, a very powerful couple of weeks of workers' militancy in South Africa with a very long history of very powerful labor movements as well. This time interesting. You talked about the Amazon as well because we have workers in mines in two key resource extraction industries. One, what is gold and one is of course there. And in both these cases, workers led by unions waging powerful strikes, facing a lot of obstacles, putting forward demands which should be, you know, fairly common sense equal to accept at this time and age, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic. But time and again, we see two companies again, very well known internationally famous companies which have refused to do that. So we start for instance with the Sibanyi still water gold mines where workers have been on strike since March. Now this is the, it's over 70 days since they've been on strike. And there's tens of thousands of workers we're talking about. And I think this strike is especially poignant when you consider what the demands are. They're asking for an increase for the lowest paid workers of about 1,000 grand. And the negotiations seem largely stuck because the company is just willing to give you 800. Now the unions are very specific reasons for demanding 1,000 grand because it increases their minimum wage to 10,000 grand which makes them eligible for certain loans, for certain social support. So they have a very clear case for raising it to, you know, raising it by 1,000. But the company doesn't have any particular case to not give the additional 200 grand.  And this point is at a time when the CEO has gone in public defended the millions worth of, you know, salary and bonuses that he's getting. And the workers ask, let's see, if you give us this money, all it comes is to the salary of your CEO. So what exactly are, you know, what exactly are you protesting about? And similarly, if you look, and here, of course, in Sibanyi Sibanyi water, there are a strike led by Amku in the Arsalaam-Mithil steel factories in South Africa. Again, we have NUMSA, the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa, leading a strike. Again, very similar demands. The basic, the question is of whether the salary should be a 10% increase or a 5% increase. The company is saying 10% where the union is asking for 10% increase. The company is restricting it down to 5%. And now if you read the new frame is a great article on this issue, which talks about the workers, which talks about some of the suffering they've gone through during the pandemic, which talks about the fact that in earlier rounds of negotiations, they compromised. Even in 2021, they compromised thinking that, you know, this would sort of, their compromise would lead to a better settlement in 2022. But what we see again is that a very rich company, a company which has said that it has given great returns to shareholders in the previous year is bargaining over what seemed like trifles. So very important, I think strikes to follow because as we talked about before often on the show, the global issue in the aftermath of the pandemic companies are willing to sort of give into water, very, very legitimate water, very natural and right demands of workers and continuing to hold on to this kind of, you know, continuing to play these kind of tactics which are really indescribable and, you know, difficult to comprehend in this point of time. Well, that's the question of workers struggling in South Africa. Of course, we have now so many places on strike around the world as inflation rises, food prices rises and so on. With the inflation at the highest point that it's been in 40 years, many people around the world are starting to experience what it has been like in Cuba for the past six decades under an embargo under blockade. People are beginning to experience with this high inflation, what it's been like in Venezuela, where people have been again under immense cruel sanctions pushed by the United States government. But Zoe, I was reading recently and it's hard to understand what's going on, but it looks like the US President Joe Biden is thinking of reversing some of these sanctions. Yes, that's exactly right. I think the key word there is some of these sanctions. So, of course, the US has imposed a blockade on Cuba for over six decades, but during the presidency of President Donald Trump, there were more sanctions that were imposed on the island, as well as the setback in several of the policies that had come forward during the Obama presidency. So in 2015, it was a year of a lot of hope of a warming of the relationships between US and Cuba. Historic gestures made President Obama visited the island, the embassy, the US embassy on the island was functioning, very, very important. And then when Trump came to office, a lot of these advances, including, for example, visas being able to be given to US citizens even, visa processes for Cuban citizens. A lot of this was completely erased setback, and all of this progress that had been made was essentially washed away. And this was part of a series of over 200 unilateral coercive measures against Cuba by the Trump administration. And Joe Biden had really campaigned on the promise that all of these Trump-era sanctions would be removed. Some of these include the $1,000 limit on remittances on sending money from the US to Cuba. So these are really, you know, say what you will, but these are exactly targeting the Cuban people, their ability to send money to their loved ones. It is not about politics. It is not about the US.  And so it was announced this week that Joe Biden would actually make good on this promise, remove some of these measures. This has been met with a lot of optimism. The Foreign Ministry said this is a step in the right direction. It's not enough. As we know, over $150 billion have been lost by Cuba in six decades of the blockade. $150 billion. This is a huge amount affecting their public health sector, education sector, all of the ways that they support their people and allow their people to flourish by giving them education, housing, access to health care. Think about what Cuba would be without this blockade. So this step is met with optimism, but of course it is not enough. The same week we saw another positive step, which is that some of the energy sanctions course of measures against Venezuela have also been lifted. We saw some rumblings of this happening, especially in the weeks following the beginning of the Ukraine war. There was a high level delegation of US officials that went to Venezuela for the first time in, I think, five years. Many people were wondering, does this have to do with the US supply of oil? What's going to happen? There were a couple of months of silence and now it has been announced that Chevron and other companies will be able to operate. Again, this is much more influenced by this geopolitical reality. The US has the lowest crude oil reserves that it's had in decades. It really needs this oil. But of course it has to do with the geopolitical scenario where a lot of countries are pressuring the US to take a less aggressive stance against their neighbors, against Cuba, against Venezuela, and saying that they won't tolerate this aggressive policy that they stand with the people of these countries. And the US is kind of being forced to walk back a little bit on its aggressive rhetoric against these countries, on its aggressive economic policies against these countries. So a step in the right direction, but much more to go to stop US imperialism in the Americas. Well, that's a really important story. I know we're going to track this story because we've been following the sanctions policy closely. People's dispatch has been reporting on this. Globetrotter has been looking at this. We're going to keep an eye on it. It's very interesting how the United States uses sanctions. Then withdraws it. It has nothing to do with the human rights question or anything. It's always about the interests of the United States that dominate. I think that's very fascinating. Shifting gears to Mali where I've been doing a series for Globetrotter. You can read them at People's Dispatch. Recently, the government in Mali decided that is the military government in Mali decided that Mali will withdraw from a French initiated project called G5 Sahel. That's important to go back and do a little history on this. In 2011, NATO intervened in Libya, destroying that country, flooding that country with weapons and bringing back fighters who had been engaged on behalf of Al Qaeda and other groups in Syria. They were ferried back to Benghazi and fought in the civil war there. Well, after NATO had destroyed Libya, many of these fighters and much of this arms spread across the northern African region. Largely because of the exhaustion of the Algerian civil war. A lot of the emphasis came on places like Mali, Niger, Mauritania and down through Boko Haram into Nigeria and the lakes region. Well, interestingly, in 2013, the French militarily intervened into Mali in Operation Barkhane. Seeing that it was not going to be possible for the French to lead on this be the face of the attack on these organizations. The French initiated a project in 2014 in Mauritania to develop the so-called G5 Sahel group. G5 Sahel are the five Sahelian countries which include Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Chad and so on. Well, interesting, interesting. G5 Sahel very quickly dispensed with its trade agenda, mutual trade agreements and so on. That was set aside.   Just a few years before he died, I talked to the president of Mali in 2020 who told me we live in the poorest place on the earth. You know, 80% of the population lives under $1.90 a day, 80% of the population. And yet, military expenditure was going up by 200-300% every year as a consequence of G5 Sahel. Turned out, two military coups in Mali sequentially 2020-2021. In January-February 2022, Mali was supposed to take over the presidency of the G5 Sahel group. Well, it was interesting. They didn't have the heads of state's meeting. Why didn't they have that meeting? Talk to lots of people from the area. French were not keen on allowing the Mali and military to take over the presidency. So just a few days ago, the Mali and military basically said, you're disrespecting us. We're going to leave the G5 Sahel. Just a few weeks ago, the Mali and government decided France can no longer operate militarily in Mali either on the soil or in the air. Very interesting development. Now they have said, we're going to leave G5 Sahel. What does this mean effectively for the French project in the Sahel region of Africa? What does it mean for French intervention across Africa? These are broad questions that people in Mali have been talking about. Not only in Mali, but also in Niger, whose head of government has welcomed the French. As they've left Mali, they've moved to Niger. In other words, the French military hasn't actually lessened its footprint. It's just moved its address. But the question is being raised in countries like Niger about the independence of the Sahel. They are facing severe economic crises, which long predate the COVID pandemic, which long predate the war in Ukraine to which we will return toward the end of the show. Long predate that deep problems of debt, the debt crisis yesterday I spoke to a United Nations official who told me that debt crisis since the 1990s has basically afflicted the possibilities in places like Mali, Niger, and Mauritania to advance an agenda. We're going to keep following this story in Mali and so on. And I got to say Prashant and Zoey, I think that between Globetrotter and People's Dispatch, we might be the only people outside the Sahel who are covering this story. And that's to our credit and I'm happy to take credit for it because it's a way to say that the rest of the media actually cares very little about what is happening and what is said in the African continent. Now, this is give the people what they want. We come to you every week on Friday. Zoey and Prashant from People's Dispatch, I'm Vijay from Globetrotter. Coming to you every Friday, bringing you the news you want to hear. Sometimes you don't want to hear that news. The next story is a story you want to hear. Of course, the United States government is going to host the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Zoey. But it's not turning out very well for Joe Biden, is it? No, it's not at all. And it's really directly connected to what we were talking about before. The US is feeling the pressure. I think I didn't mention it earlier, but the lifting of the sanctions is directly connected to Joe Biden's failed Summit of the Americas. A number of countries, the heads of Honduras, the first female president of Honduras, breaking 12 years of a US-backed coup regime, Luis Arce of Bolivia, from Andrés Manuel López Obrador. They've all said that they will not attend the Summit of the Americas if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are excluded. And that's a huge step. And this lifting of sanctions that we spoke about earlier is happening at the same time. They're seeing that they can't maintain this policy. People are responding to it. Not only can they not maintain the economic sanctions, but they're feeling the pressure for the political exclusion of these countries from such an important political space. However, there is good news. And that is that the people are not standing idly by and waiting for the organization of the American States to provide the forum that the people need to express what they think democracy is, what they think the world needs to survive, what they think is needed between the people to build a better future. And the People Summit is exactly going to be that forum to bring people together from across the region, representatives from Brazil, landless rural workers movement from Argentina, Ophelia Fernandez. However, there was a plans delegation of 23 members of Cuban civil society, one of the world-renowned scientists and doctors who worked on Cuba's COVID-19 strategy who developed life-saving vaccines, a bronze medal winner from the Tokyo Olympics were all part of this delegation, and they were denied their visas to participate. And so it's interesting that at the same moment that the U.S. is lifting some of the sanctions, still excluding Cuba from the Summit of the Americas, they also exclude Cuban civil society, which all of the time they claim to uphold, protect. A lot of their measures are actually made in the name of Cuban civil society. They want to give Cuban civil society a space to express, to dialogue, yet when this same civil society attempts to come to the United States, their own country, to meet with the people of the United States, they actually reject this. So it's extremely contradictory. However, with this move, people are even more excited and more engaged to make this summit a true representation of the people's voices, understanding the importance and the threat that it's clearly posing to the U.S. government that the people actually do want to have this forum and this space is really giving it kind of a new life. I think people should definitely check it out if you're in Los Angeles. Look at the website. It's going to be an exciting moment. Things are changing. We know that things are never set in stone. The world is always moving. U.S. relations in Latin America are not static. Latin American politics are not static. And we're seeing a new era. We're seeing a new moment. It's very key to pay attention. We've also been following the upcoming elections in Colombia, which are going to take place next Sunday. Another crucial area to watch progressives are already projected to get over 40% of the vote in this election. So we'll stay tuned, always coming back to it. And that's what I got for you from the Americas. Well, look, Zoe, that's incredible. It's a really fluid situation. We're going to keep watching it carefully. Let's move over now across the Atlantic to Europe. Prashant, you know, Finland and Sweden are thinking of joining NATO. Both countries have deep problems with neo-Nazism. In fact, in 2019, Finland banned the Nordic resistance movement. These are not some wonderful democracies or whatever. They have some serious problems. What are they planning to do with NATO? Good question, because I think one of the interesting things about, I mean, there are so many aspects. One of the most funny aspects being the fact that this whole situation emerged as a result of NATO's expansionism being a problem. This was the central issue of discussion debate for, you know, it's been specifically one year almost right now. And even before that, we've been talking about it. Russia's major demand was that NATO, you know, NATO's expansionism be stopped, Ukraine not into NATO. And now we have Finland and Sweden considering and they actually submitted their membership applications as well. And, you know, from Joe Biden to Boris Johnson, to Jens, all of them are like, whoa, you know, we're so happy to have you. And this really at this point of time, you know, it's unbelievable the kind of the provocation that is sort of, sort of be exercised in this way. And it's interesting because on the one hand, you know, there's this whole narrative about how the people wanted NATO is increasingly popular in Sweden and Finland. And that's the reason why their governments are taking this in the way of this attempt to try to spin it in that direction. But actually, if you look at it, this is more of a sign of the fact that over the past few months, there's been so much anti-Russia rhetoric that has been sort of peddled through the media, through the internet. You know, this whole portrayal of this war being good versus evil, the valorization of people like Zelensky, which we talked about earlier, that it's no surprise if people are increasingly sort of inclined to think that way. The fact is that definitely there's no doubt that this is a provocation. For instance, Finland shares a considerably long border with Russia. Russia always had issues that in some of its major cities, like St. Petersburg and Moscow were, you know, under threat if missiles were deployed in the vicinity. And now we have seven Finland joints. For instance, the possibility of such missiles being deployed, which can target Russian cities is even more closer. And Russia has also declared that it is going to respond very strongly if there are such kind of deployments, which really raises the temperature across Europe and takes the situation to another complete level altogether now. You know, some of these countries are maybe some sections are saying that we're not sure if we're going to deploy, we're against deploying nuclear weapons. We're against deploying, you know, certain kinds of, what is certain kinds of machinery, et cetera, but our permanent basis, but that's more of an academic argument because, you know, 15 years down the line, 20 years down the line, who knows what happens. We look at the history of NATO. In 1991 NATO had 16 members. And today, if Finland and Sweden joined, it becomes 32 members, which means that half of NATO's membership has occurred after 1991, at which point, during which time the Americans and NATO officials had given the promise that NATO would not move, you know, one inch to the east of West Germany. So that's really, I think that fact alone says everything about what we are seeing today. We know that, you know, the kind of weaponry that has been deployed in Poland and Romania. So will Finland and Sweden become sites for similar kind of deployments? It's a big question. The left, there is really steadfastly opposing and pointing time and again to the fact that military expenditure is also going to increase. Sweden will have to raise its budget to 2% of the defense budget to 2% of the GDP, which again is, you know, sign of the larger issue. So ultimately it's one of those decisions which is a victory for the military industrial complex, is a victory for the strategic interests of the US, is a victory for war more than anything else in conflict. And you know, people sort of, it's very unfortunate that these kind of developments continue to happen, like what we have experienced over the past year. I mean, it's incredible that this is taking place right now in Finland and in Sweden and of course in Brussels when the question of negotiating the war down in Ukraine has been put on hold. Stunningly, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Andrey Rudenko said that the Ukrainians have withdrawn from the negotiation process that had been taking place on the border between Ukraine and Belarus. In fact, on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky gave a speech where he said that Ukraine is going to take back all the territory that Russia has gained. Now, this speech came just around the same time as the Russian forces began to strengthen their position around Mariupol, which is the key port city in the Donbas region which the Russians seem to have put a lot of their eggs into that basket because Russia, as we've talked about before, has been keen to build a land border from the Donbas region from the Russian border all the way down to Crimea. This has of course been a prestige issue for the Russian government ever since in 2014, Crimea voted to join Russia and then the Ukrainian government in Kiev stopped supplying water to Crimea. The Russians had to build a bridge across the Black Sea and send truckloads of water at great cost to the Crimea. Well, now they seem to be almost prepared with their land bridge that is going to run from Crimea through Mariupol, major port city into the Russian territory, into the Donbas region. Now, here's the interesting thing, that fight in Mariupol had been centered for a long time around the Azov style steel plant. This was a steel plant, an old Soviet era factory actually which had been the, in a sense, core location for the neo-Nazi Azov battalion. They had really dug in, they had used the old, you know, tunnel structure underneath the steel factory. Some of it, again, nuclear war era bunkers from the Cold War period. They dug themselves under the ground and so on and they said, we refuse to surrender. We will fight till the end. Over the course of this week from before Zelensky's speech on Wednesday right through till the present, fighters from the Azov style steel plant, in fact nearly 2,000 of them, have been coming out of the plant and surrendering. It's interesting. Western media is reporting this as, in fact, not a surrender, but an evacuation. Doesn't look quite like an evacuation because it looks like they are not being driven into Ukrainian forced territory and handed over. In fact, I'm not sure what's happening to them. Are they prisoners of war? What does one do with 2,000 people who had been old in there? What are the laws of war that apply? I'm a little concerned about this because we have had no indication of what is going to happen to them. But certainly large number of them are members of the Azov battalion, neo-Nazis, some of them mercenaries and so on. They appear now to have surrendered in very large numbers. 2,000 is not a small number to the Russian forces. This means that for all practical purposes, Russian war aims in Mariupol seems to be over. It looks like the land bridge is almost secure. At this point, one would have thought that negotiations would have ramped up, that there would have been more pressure for negotiations. Then the Russians might have been persuaded to withdraw from other parts of Ukraine and maybe acknowledge that this land border is going to exist or something. It would have been the point at which negotiations became more and more important. On the other hand, because of the promises from the United States of tens of billions of dollars, maybe up to 40 billion dollars by the end of it, in weapons to Ukraine, because of the so-called resolve of Brussels and NATO in particular to defend Ukraine, Zelensky has made it a prestigious issue when he gave a speech on Wednesday saying that Ukraine is going to take back the entirety of the territory. He's made that a prestigious issue. How does one back down from that? This is going to be very complicated. We are going to look now perhaps to a much more protracted war than we anticipated. Not months, not even perhaps one year, maybe longer. If indeed there is now an appetite in Western countries to feed Ukraine with weaponry and force the Ukrainians in a way to remain the battlefield so that the West can bleed or as Lloyd Austin said, weaken Russia. Very disturbing developments. In other words, just to summarize, at the point at which it appeared that some of the major Russian warings had been gained, that's a point at which one could start a negotiation proceeding, a serious negotiation. At that very point, it is now clear that the West aims a protracted proxy war with Ukraine as the battlefield. In other words, the West is willing to see more Ukrainians die for Western aims to weaken Russia. It's very disturbing. You've been listening to give the people what they want brought to you by People's Dispatch, your one-stop shop for news. Go editors Prashant and Zoey. I'm Vijay from Globe Trotter. See you next week.


What's going on everyone? Sam here with late in sports cards. We are ripping 22 Leaf Trinity football hobby 10 box case break number four random division style. There's a look again at your divisions. As always, you can find those on the website, under the results tab, as well as a link in chat. Again, you guys got to get number three sold out or three. Where are you? There you are. Again, you guys 16 to go on this one. 16 to go. Here we go. Let's do it. Leaf Trinity. Again, any card of a guy who is still in college or no NFL status will be random to all at the end. If there's more than eight randoms, divisions will get multiple hits. Hopefully, if there are going to be, it's going to be 16 or more so nobody gets at least two. All right, starting off NFC East. Yes, yes, Shane, you have the AFC North NFC or NFC West is going to be Kenny McIntosh NFC West for the Seahawks. Get rid of that. That is going to be NFC East, Nicoby Dean, Nicoby Dean, NFC East. AFC North, Shane, AFC North. This is going to the NFC South, Cade Otten. We've got AFC East is going to be Khalil Shakir. And this will be a random to these two divisions at the end, two of eight, Duel Auto, Kenny Pickett and Matt Corral. That'll be a random between the AFC North and the NFC South, two of eight. So that'll be between Eric P and Shane W. That will be a random to just those two divisions. Printing plate. Dax Hill going to the AFC North. AFC North. Yeah, yeah, Shane. And guys, 16 to go. Let's get it filled on up. We're almost there. 16 to go. Last break of the day. AFC West is Zameer White. Zameer White. AFC West. Random to all is going to be Cade Clubneck. I'm just going to make two separate pile with the random to all and then the Duel, so that's cool. Cade Clubneck, that'll be random to all. Going to the NFC East. That is going to be Grant Calcutterra, NFC East. And the NFC East is going to double up with a Sam Howell. One of one. Ruby Patch Auto. Nice one there. Congrats, NFC East. That is going to Alvin. Let's go Alvin. Congrats, buddy. NFC East. NFC East. You just hit that one of one, Alvin. Just hit that one of one. Perfect timing. Yeah, really perfect timing. NFC West. That is going to be a random to all. Jaden Dolora. Jaden Dolora.  Xavier Worthy. That'll be a random to all as well. 68 of 75. Xavier Worthy. Still in college. AFC South. Trayvon Walker. Trayvon Walker. Nice one there. Got it, Alvin. No problem, dude. And guys, 16 to go. Breaks next. Let's see where he is. Not familiar with that name. Oh, Rocco Becht. That's what it is. Becht. Still at Iowa State. 220. And then going to the NFC North. Aiden Hutchinson. Nasty patch on that one. Congrats on that. NFC North on the Hutchinson. God of War legend. And 16 to go, guys. That is what is breaking. That's last break of the day time. Weak trinity at football. Falcons. NFC South. Zach Harrison. Zach Harrison. NFC South to 99. NFC South. Got AFC South. That is going to be Jelani Woods. AFC South. Jelani Woods to 25. Followed by AFC South. Again is going to be Derek Stingley Jr. Derek Stingley Jr. to 75. That is going to be going to the NFC East. Evan Neil. Two-color patch auto. Nine of 25. Nice one there. That's Alabama patch auto. He is a giant now. NFC East. And then NFC South again on the clear. 29 of 99. Bijan Robinson. He is now in Atlanta Falcon. Atlanta Falcon. Very nice. NFC South. Last break ending. NFC South again. Matt Corral one of five. Probably, I think we ripped personals tonight at like seven, something like that. AFC North. That's going to be 21 of 99. Dax Hill. Dax Hill on that one. AFC North. AFC West. That is going to be Trent McDuffie. Trent McDuffie. Six of 12 for the AFC West. Don't know where this guy is. Random to all. Ty Simpson. 42 of 49. Nice one there. Ty Simpson. And then going to the NFC South. Bryce Young on the redemption. Nice one there. Good stuff. NFC South. Random to all is going to be a Troy Franklin. Most recently, I'm going to say this one goes Rams. NFC West. Most recently there for the longest tenure. One of five. Jakari Robinson. It's going to be NFC West. AFC South. We've got John Meche to 75. AFC South. Again guys, 16 to go on the next one. Breaking right after this. NFC East. Johan Dotson. Nice one there. NFC East. Three-colored patch auto. Johan Dotson. And then NFC North. Jamir Gibbs. 36 of 49. Jamir Gibbs. It's a solid one right here. Solid random to all. Spencer Rattler. Nice one there too. 12. That'll be a random to everybody. Yep. Still in college. Javante Barnes. Javante Barnes to 40. This is a new account. Okay. What's up? What's up? Latinsportscards.com. Here, I could drop you the link to our next break right here. This is how you buy it Dylan. Follow that link. Chris Tyree still in college. Still in college. Nasty one here. It's going to be going to the NFC North to 30. Nike Swooch, Vilas Jones Jr. That's really sick. Nice one there. Congrats. NFC North, yes. And then AFC West. One of one. Zamir White. AFC West. Zamir White. One of one. AFC West. I'll teach you a big zappy here. I'll teach you a big zappy, Edward. Or Big Hall, Big Wilson. All right, starting off AFC North. Shane, my guy, Zae Flowers. April showers bring Zae Flowers. Nice one there to 99. AFC North. AFC West is going to be Isaiah Spiller. Isaiah Spiller on the AFC West hit. AFC North again. That is going to be a DeMarfan Lea. No, still in college. That's actually kind of nasty. Still in college. That is going to be 18 of 25. Ameca Egbuca. Really nice patch on that. The Buckeye Scarlet on that one. That's sweet. Nice one there. Good luck to everybody. Thank you. Hano taking a spot down to 15. And go to Edward. 11 to 75. Breeze Hall. AFC East. Nice one there, buddy. Go, Edward. Congrats, buddy. 15 to go, everybody, on the next one. Hano's picking up a spot. Appreciate you, man. Random to all is a Cameron Rising. The hands are getting more. I have not been, actually. I have not been golfing. That is going to go into the AFC South. Krishna Harris by way of the Texans. Nice one there. AFC South. We've got AFC North again. 26 of 49. David Ajabo. David Ajabo for the Ravens. AFC North. Going to be NFC East. That is going to be Carson Strong. 43 of 49. Three-colored RPA. NFC South to 30. Drake London. Nice one there. Let's go. Drake London. Thank you, Steve. Picking up a spot in five. Thank you, Steve. And guys, here's your link again. 15 to go. Let's get it sold out. Glass box of the break. Then we'll do our randoms. AFC South, Damien Pierce. 20 of 99. Random to all, Devin Brown. Six of 99. Downtown Devin Brown. Six of 99. Another random to all is going to be a Cade McNamara. Cade McNamara to 49. We've got nice little RPA here. That is going to be going to the NFC East. Brian Robinson, Jr. to 30. Brian Robinson, Jr. to 30. NFC East. And then NFC West. Kenneth Walker. 12 of 12. Nice canine. Rats on that. NFC West. All right, guys, we've got some randoms to do here. We've got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 randoms. So that means every division will get a card for sure. And then some divisions will get two. And then we have the picket and corral that we have to do as well. So I'm going to do the, I'm going to set the picket corral up first. Picket corral dual. AFC North. AFC North. NFC South. NFC South. College cards. All right, we're going to do the picket corral dual two of eight auto first. Let's roll the dice. Whatever division's on top after not twice. That's a re-roll. After seven times, we'll get the card. One, two, three, four, five, six, and seven. AFC North. Top two. There you go, Shane. Congrats, buddy. AFC North picking that one up. And then we're going to randomize on the college cards. Again, we have like 13 or so. So we're just going to go in order. So the first eight cards will go to the eight divisions, however they come out of the random, and then we'll go back up to the top all the way down to our last one. So some divisions will get two, some will get one. Six times on the college cards. One, two, three, four, five, and six. All right, so we're going to start the Cade Clubnik. We'll go to the NFC North. NFC North on that one. The Jaden Dolora will go to the AFC North. AFC North on that one. AFC West will get the Xavier Worthy. NFC East will get the Rocco Becht. Nice one here for you, Edward. AFC East is going to get the Ty Simpson. AFC South will get the Troy Franklin. NFC South will get the Spencer Rattler. NFC West will get the Javante Barnes. We're going to go back up to the top until we're out of cards to random. So that is going to be Chris Tyree. We'll go to the NFC North. NFC North will be Chris Tyree. The AFC North will get the Emeka Egbuca, nasty patch auto. AFC West will get the Cameron Rising. Devin Brown will be going to the NFC East. And then AFC East will get the Cade McNamara. The Cade McNamara. All right, guys, that is going to do it for the break. Thanks again for getting that filled up. Let's get our last break of the day filled up. Number three, random teams.


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Are you kidding me? Like I'm obsessed But yeah, thank you Freya so much for sponsoring today's video again link will be in the description Hey guys, what is up? So I'm actually just about to leave for set. I just my makeup It's about like one o'clock now and my call time is at two and it's near my house like the location And this has never happened like this is actually like 10 minutes away from me Which is like the most amazing thing ever But yeah, I'm just about to leave because I always give myself at least like 45 minutes to half an hour wiggle room Just to make sure that like I'm not late because I hate being late So I make sure that I prepare and leave early no matter what even if it's close by I just hate rushing like it's It gives me so much anxiety. It's the worst feeling So I always make sure to be super early and yeah, that's what I'm gonna have in store for the rest of the day I just wanted to start off this vlog though And yeah, I did have a cover test this morning because tomorrow I booked an actor role Which is really freaking exciting. It all happened so last minute So I'm on set tomorrow and I think Friday as well. So for the rest of the week I'm gonna be on sets, but I'm gonna vlog as much as I can for the rest of the week Yeah, just to show you guys kind of like some days in my life. Yeah, okay I'm gonna leave before I actually become late. I'm gonna go pee and then leave you guys when I see him Okay, so I ordered from Sephora. I got a couple of things if you have eczema or dry scan these products are gonna be beneficial So stay tuned I don't think I've ever bought like skincare from Sephora I don't know I usually just buy makeup from there But anyways products that I have been using so far have been able to combat my skin dryness But I do suffer from eczema I don't want to say it's severe because I know there's people who have it way worse than me So I'm not gonna like play too much about it But I do get dry patches of eczema my forehead I get it like in between my eyebrows and the springtime it flares up again And the winter it's just from the dryness that it flares up and I just like haven't found a good solution There's only so much that regular products can do that are not specifically catered for eczema skin So I went on Sephora. I watched some YouTube videos for like eczema specific products There's just one ingredient called colloidal oatmeal. I'm pretty sure and Apparently it's like really good for eczema and none of the products that I have have that ingredient in it So I ordered a couple things with it, and I'm really excited to try them out I'll update you on how they are before I like open the package One thing that has actually helped me are these vitamin e pills So these are literally just like vitamin e pills like you literally get them in the bottle through the gel kind What I do is I score one open like I just poke a hole and then the gel comes out and I mix A bit of it in with my moisturizer and it actually makes my skin so hydrated So it does help with my zema. So if you guys suffer from dry skin Get vitamin e pills mix it in with your moisturizer. If you put it on like just the oil on your skin It's not gonna soak in so well, but mixing it in with the moisturizer does wonders. I'm telling you so good So that's a good quick fix, but then again, I have eczema So I want to get something that's more catered for that and I refuse to use topical steroids I go to for the cream treatment because I know like I can just go to the doctor and get like a Treatment for it like a cream or whatever steroid cream But I do not want to because my mom has had the worst experience beyond with that like I don't even want to get into it right now. I'm gonna try and heal it like without that okay, so the first thing that I got is this first aid beauty ultra repair cream and apparently this Brand is actually catered towards people with eczema and very dry skin This is like a really good company because they have no fragrance It's like all like safe to use on sensitive eczema prone dry ass skin So i'm so excited to try this because people say that this is like their number one So i'm really excited to try this this can be used like on your face or anywhere really So yeah, I'll update you guys how this is, but i'm really excited to try it quite pricey But it's worth it because I just don't want to deal with flaky eczema this winter season Um, the next thing that I got is this ultra repair wild oat hydrating toner So this has colloidal oatmeal and it's a toner So basically after you wash your face put this on a cotton pad and it's a very milky consistency And then apparently it's really good for eczema because of the colloidal oatmeal in it And yeah, this one's also like fragrance free and made for like eczema dry skin type of people So i'm really excited to try this apparently this like really plumps and hydrates your skin So hopefully with these two combined it's like the magic team for eczema for me And then the last thing that I got was this skin fix kit I was originally just going to get the face balm But then this kit literally was like ten dollars or less more than just the face balm in here And it comes with like three other products So i'm like kind of have to spend like the extra ten dollars to get three other products Like that was such a good deal and it comes with the cute little case as well I don't know if they still have it. I don't know if it was like a limited thing But I mean this is so cute actually so it comes with Eczema foaming oil body wash. So this is the Original face balm that I was going to order apparently this is like the literal holy grail And then it also comes with a hand cream and a targeted body balm This actually comes with a lot of stuff for the price was definitely worth it for me And I'm excited to try all of these out and I will update you guys when I do So I just ordered the sugar Anyways, I got the oat sugar cookie latte. Is that how you say it? I don't know, but it was so busy The first Starbucks we went to didn't have oat milk and I'm like I can't I'm sorry But I can't do it without the oat milk because I feel like that's what makes a drink so good And the almond milk I just don't really like because I just think it's a little buttery And if I'm paying top dollar for a drink I want to make sure that it has like, you know the good oat milk first impressions on the new drink I think it has sprinkles on it. No, it doesn't yeah, it probably does but it probably sunk to the bottom True. Anyways, the cups are so cute. We're gonna put on a christmas song after this and get in the vibe. Okay, let's taste it It's good But it's like not what I expected I just got a peppermint mocha. I like it a lot, but like it's just no I don't know if it's what I expected, you know. It's hot. Is it hot? It's hot. It's really hot. Just careful It smells like a sugar cookie. Actually it smells like caramel But it's just not what I don't I don't know how to describe it like I can't describe Like it doesn't necessarily taste like a cookie though. It tastes good. Oh, yeah, but like it's just very subtle Yeah, it's very subtle. It's not like as like sugary as you would think it is like sugar cookie Like I thought that like britney doesn't like like sweet drinks So I was like, oh, she'd probably have to order like half sweet, but like you would not need to order half sweet This is really not sweet like whatsoever. I was expecting more of like the pumpkin spice kind of like Zip to it. We're like no not pumpkin spice flavor. I'm not saying pumpkin spice flavor I'm saying how the pumpkin spice is so like prominent in the pumpkin spice, but this is not really so prominent like it's very Like not almost not there. It's good. Also you guys I was literally looking at how much sugar like I was on the starbucks app And I was looking how much sugar each of their drinks has And you won't believe it the pumpkins like I want to cry like I'm pretty sure the pumpkin spice not loading right now But I'm pretty sure the pumpkin spice latte Okay, any like we have places to be hold on this sugar Oh cookie latte thing has 20 grams of sugar Which is actually good because the pumpkin spice latte. I'm pretty sure it has 50 like I'm not even kidding 52 grams of sugar like That's literally insane. I didn't know they had that much sugar. So Anyway, I have 10 of them too. I know whatever it's a treat, but there's like just beware I feel so guilty. No, don't feel guilty. It's fine. Like you'll have to treat yourself But it's like I don't want to look up how much the peppermint mocha sexy. Oh, no, I don't think it's that bad Oh, don't don't you're not gonna want to look at the peppermint mocha. What is it 50?  Yeah, it's like 40 something Anyways, so we're just about to head to winners to get my mom and Brittany like a birthday gift Because we're celebrating their birthdays tonight together going rain right now if we ever get to the store. Okay, let's add Hey guys, but what is up? So today me and Madison and her friend Sadie are going to the h&m Warehouse sale. I think this is like the first time ever that they're doing it or that we know of We saw that ad on tiktok and I'm like, oh my god, we have to go because of rizziah Usually does a warehouse sale here in vancouver Every single year, but this year and last year they didn't do one because of cove what I'm pretty sure I know last year they didn't do one for sure and I didn't hear anything this year. So I don't think that they're gonna do one. I think it would have already been Um, but weirdly enough h&m is doing a warehouse sale and it's kind of weird because like I've never heard of them doing a warehouse sale before So I really hope that there's good stuff and usually like warehouse sales are like 50 to 80 off So I really hope that we can find like some good shit, you know for the season I'm guessing maybe they're gonna have like summer clothing too just because like they're trying to like get rid of their stock and stuff But I hope that there's like good stuff and we're going on the first day The sale is from the 8th to the 13th and today's the 8th We're going right when it opens it opens at 11. So we're about to leave right now Yeah, so hopefully I come back and I can give you guys a haul Um, if we find some good stuff or if we find anything I'll let you guys know Yeah, let's go. I'm gonna vlog inside like I have my little camera in my purse here So that I can show you guys like what it looks like. So I'm really curious. Yeah, anyways, so this is just my fit I'm just going comfy today. These are the sweatpants that I thrifted. This is from zaffle. I got so long ago And this purse is also thrifted as map since So I got a caramel brulee. This is my first time trying it Oh, I thought you got the sugar cookie. Oh No, I tried it hot So you have to let me know how that is but I've never tried this one and they discontinued my favorite Which was the gingerbread latte. Okay, can you hurry up and see if I can still swap it It tastes exactly like a caramel macchiato. This tastes exactly like Your drink but cold. Really? It's good But Kasia said it tasted actually tasted it kind of tastes like more Oh, this is good. This does taste literally like my drink. It tastes like a caramel macchiato This is good. Like it's it's good, but it just tastes like a caramel macchiato It tastes way different from hot with Yeah, I actually I like this it's very like strong. Oh really? I like this I think because it's not like overwhelmingly sweet, you know what I mean? Yeah, that was the one thing about the pumpkin so I saute like I love pumpkin so I saute but it was like Very sweet very intense. Yeah, that is a lot less sweet than the caramel brulee Which is weird because that's like called a sugar cookie. So you think that it would be more but it's not It's like really not intense at all. All right. This is where I go, huh? No, this because it's gonna take my entire day like Place Bourbon Saint-Grelle. It looks really good. We got chicken noodles and broccoli I also just did a very expensive purchase that is for something that I've been eating so it would be fine But very expensive so I'll tell you guys later The h&m warehouse sale because we literally got there and I'm not even kidding you when I say that the lineup was like probably Get two hours like at least two hours Probably could have been like three maybe four.  There's work.  It's the first day.  We spent a few hours at the mall and then went back and The lineup was literally pretty much the same. Maybe a tiny bit shorter, but pretty much the same So it was really busy. So the sale is until saturday So we're thinking of going like another time during the week, but going like extra early or I don't know Some day where it's gonna be less busy. I feel like tomorrow's gonna be less busy I feel like thursday is a holiday.  So it's actually really cold So we weren't even prepared to wait So, yeah, we'll see we didn't want to wait because we didn't know if it was going to be even worth it It's not like something I'm a little sleepover like satay said like it's just like it's not that big of a deal Like it'd be nice to see it, but like Honestly, I don't want to spend my day in the line like I first of all, I don't have patience So waiting in that line would be ridiculously on like Hard for me like I cannot yeah like that's really And like just like what are the chances you're gonna go with like there is a good chance You're gonna find stuff in there, but it's like For clothing I shouldn't even spend money anyways It would be like really cheap and maybe maybe worth it But I also kind of wanted but like the thing is is that if it was a kind of like a ritzia warehouse sale It's more worth it because ritz is so expensive. Like h&m is not expensive. So like it's not as expensive I should say so like going there like it just kind of like, you know h&m is pretty cheap anyways They have sales most of the time. So like, I don't know. Yeah, it's it's not that big of a deal But yeah, so we didn't even end up going We just went grocery shopping for tacos tonight because my parents are out of the house So we have the whole house to ourselves. So that's kind of nice. They're gone for two nights She's gonna go wild We just got a poppy because remember and stays on wednesday. Oh, that is on thursday. It's on thursday It's on thursday Let me know if you guys like in your area if remember and stays a holiday Or if it's not because for us it's like everybody gets a day off of working It's considered like a holiday But I know in some places that it's not so comment down below if it's like a stat holiday for you guys So i'm just curious it should be Okay, so while I was at the mall, I did purchase a couple things So the first thing that I got is just like the crew neck that you guys saw that I had on in the clip I don't know. I'm just like in love with crew necks and I love the color And it was 40 off so I couldn't help myself. Yeah, the color is just so cute It's from airy and the other thing that I bought is I bought an aritzia super puff But I don't have it with me now because they didn't have this small size But I'll put a picture of it on the screen So it's coming to my door and I'm so excited when it comes in. I'll like show you guys I'm probably in another vlog. So stay tuned for that So the aritzia super puff was like a big purchase But it's worth it because I don't have like a good staple winter jacket. So I'm so excited But yeah, anyways, thank you guys so much for watching stay tuned for my next vlog I love you guys so much. Peace out


Hey, stampers! Welcome to another week of Watch It Weekly Wednesday. I'm Aubrey, part of the Stampin' Jill creative team, and today I'm excited to share with you a fun Memories & More card kit and some super cute cards that I put together using that Memories & More card kit. It is in the Gingerbread and Peppermint Suite in the mini catalog. So you can see it's here number three and four. So I used both the Memories & Card Pack as well as the Memories & More cards and envelopes. So you can see you get 60 total double-sided cards, 36 of the large or I'm sorry 36 of the 3x4 ones so the smaller size and 18 of the 4x6 so the larger size. And then you get four sticker sheets and six laser cut specialty cards which these are so cute. Let me show you. These laser cut cards are these cute little baking racks. Aren't those adorable? So you can put those on your cards and they make the cutest little layouts. So let me show you some of these cards that come in here. So these are the littler ones and they're just cute. They have all the gingerbread and peppermint looks to them. Same as the designer series paper in the suite. So cute. And then you have the big ones that are so cute too. Now I've used a lot of these already. So my pack looks a little sparse but I'll show you on my cards how cute it turned out. And then you have your sticker packs too. So you get four sheets of stickers and then I also like I said I use the cards and envelopes so this is what they look like. And they fold here so it's a 4x6 card and then the envelopes are these cute craft kind of gingerbread-y looking envelopes. So cute. And then I also paired the metallic mesh ribbon with it to complete my cards. So let me show you what they look like. They are super cute. They kind of have that gingerbread baking feel to them. So fun. Your sugar and spice and everything nice. Wishing you a sweet Christmas. So fun. So you can make 20 cards with envelopes using this Memories and More pack and the cards and envelopes that coordinate. And then you have all these cute recipe cards that you also can use. I thought these were so cute. You can make up a cute cookie recipe along with an oven mitt and what a cute Christmas gift for neighbors or friends or family. So cute. So fun. So if you want to purchase any of this product make sure to visit us at stampinjill.com and you can find the product there. If you decide to purchase this from us we will send you the PDF with all the card ideas so you can make up these cute cards and their envelopes. So if you have any questions make sure to email us at sudemonstrator at gmail.com or visit us at stampinjill.com. Thanks much. We'll see you next time for another Watch It Weekly Wednesday.