Thanks for checking out this movie review video So this is for the 2020 film Lucky which is a shutter original and is coming to shutter on Thursday, March 4th Now when I'm releasing this it is before it's hitting shutter So for that reason this is a no spoiler review Although it is kind of spoiler as far as like underlying themes and stuff like that But I won't really be telling you about the events of the actual film Just kind of some of my interpretations of a few of some things that once you watch the film Maybe you get it, but this film in particular in my opinion. I feel like people could probably interpret things a Lot of different ways with the film. I like that about it. I think it's kind of cool because I feel like for that reason it can kind of Grab a larger audience and kind of be more meaningful to everyone as opposed to just a few people So I kind of like that about it But anyway, it is directed by Natasha Kermany who did the films Shattered and Imitation Girl It is written by Brea Grant who wrote scripts for Best Friends Forever and Twelve Hour Shift and Brea Grant is also the lead actress in this film. So I actually really like the idea of The person who wrote it acting in it now. This has happened not just in this film It happens all the time. Well, I wouldn't say all the time But it happens it with other films that actually happened in one of the other films recently The Brea Grant was in and that was after midnight, which if you have not seen after midnight on shutter You should definitely check that one out And that leads me also to Brea Grant does a good job with acting. I like how she acts She's not just really good with her line delivery But she has like very subtle kind of physical acting moments that end up Contributing a lot more to a scene than you would think the way she pulls off her acting. It's very nuanced Like I said, there's subtle stuff to it, but it adds so much So I think that that's kind of enhanced the experience of this film, especially because She knows the material she wrote the material and I will say that this film actually feels very Personal for that reason. So I think there was also a great job kind of taking what was written in the script that Seems very personal and being able to portray that in the acting because it is that exact same person who is Putting their feeling putting they're all into the script then putting that all also into the acting. So very cool So synopsis very quick not a whole lot. So it's basically Brea Grant's character Is living this situation where there is a man who is continually coming after her trying to kill her and He's got kind of like this clear mask on so it obscures his face enough So he just keeps coming back and she is having a bit of a hard time getting some help I'm trying to be careful with this and then she takes things into her own hands. So I'm being vague about it for a reason. This is a movie that should just be watched to be experienced in my opinion It's definitely worth seeing The score in this film is relatively minimalist But I think it works extremely well with not only what the subject matter is but how it's composed how it's all put together I really do like the music to this once again. It's very minimalist But if you watch it, you'll you'll kind of know what I'm talking about. It's it's light It's restrained and I'm a big proponent of Restrained scores. I love restrained scores. I don't like this kind of grandiose Over-the-top stuff because I think it's just too much It gets too in your face and it it tries too hard to tell you how to feel as opposed to just experiencing the events and the performances and making your own mind up Things feel odd and off with this film very very early now. That's important. That's intentional It's not, you know, and it is important for the actual story It's not one of those odd and off things where you're just like someone messed up with this film It's intentional you can tell story-wise, but that's one of the great things that pulls you into the actual story Is that kind of weird off? Feeling and for me personally, that's what kept me engaged throughout the film now This is one that I saw twice because Shutter showed this during their shutter fest on Halloween of 2020 as like a midnight screening one time only until it comes out next year type deal So I did watch it then now. I had had a few beers at that point So my focus was not what it should have been and that's why I actually don't drink Any alcohol when I do when I watch movies to review because I want to be able to fully focus So I watched this movie more recently actually just last night and was able to fully focus So I did think it was good watching through it already knowing what was gonna happen already having experienced it Because I picked up on a lot more in the film a lot more like very small things that kind of hint at what the overall Themes are but also what's kind of coming up But going back to the whole thing about there being this weird kind of off-feeling to the film I think that really does engage the audience a lot. It's kind of like a mystery You know when they have when you have a like a murder mystery Every so often there is little crumbs kind of dropped that they keep feeding the audience that keep them and engage Because they know that next crumbs kind of coming relatively soon and this movie does a bit of that And I think it's mainly done through this awkwardness like the whole time until it gets the end. You're kind of like What is going on? Like where are we going with this and some people may still be saying that at the end but it's not so much of a definitive ending as it is an ending that is more kind of You need to look at the whole of the film and think back then you will kind of understand So some people may go a little crazy trying to figure this one out for themselves specifically I don't know that I have everything worked out But I will say it seems very very personal and I would be very interested to see what Brea herself Would would have to say about you know what she did and why with the script There's one particular piece of dialogue early on that makes you look kind of like what is happening It's very very early on and that is kind of the first moment where it goes from being just things feel a little bit odd to Okay, I get that there's really something Else going on here and it's this is very very intentional and then you're kind of more along for the ride The performances are pretty good But Grant herself stands out the most her performance is very strong. I really like I already talked about it I really like the way she does things There are splashes of dark humor that are mainly brought about through Grant's line delivery and also her subtle physical acting like I was talking about that ends up adding a lot to scenes I really appreciated those dark humor moments. I'm assuming they were intentional, but if they weren't I'm glad They just ended up that way because they add like this little bit of levity that I think is paced well throughout the film So I'm a fan of that There's a good scene that actually explains the film title Which is pretty cool and how it's a word that gets used to kind of strip people of deserved Recognition in life. It is kind of one of those things where people say to go. Oh, you're lucky Are you lucky or did you do something?  So anyway, that's as far as I'm gonna go with that At times it seems like it's poking fun at the horror genre Specifically slasher films. I don't know if that was intentional or not, but it works on that kind of level of Taking a slasher film and kind of you know being like here's a here are some ridiculous aspects of it But it it also kind of riffs a little bit off of that kind of final girl trope in in horror films. So I Appreciate those things about it. It does seem a bit slow though Pacing I think is a little bit of a problem not terribly so it is an hour and 20 minutes long and it Seems longer. So that's how I kind of know that there's definitely a little bit of a pacing problem Now I think a lot of that ends up coming up because it's a low-budget film You know and in a lot of times you kind of have to fill a little bit of time But I think there are some things that probably could have been cut down or cut out with this film And I think it's one of those things where a lot of filmmakers are stuck in this mode of thinking that they need to shoot around certain Runtimes and I'm gonna keep referring to this the film host It was so refreshing to me because they were like if it was like a 58 of like 56 or 58 minute long film I Love that, you know be independent thinking with these runtimes like as much of the story as there actually is Just have that be the runtime whatever you need to tell the story Don't just keep going just to try and reach a certain runtime It's just like in college when you're told, you know, you need to write, you know, 20 pages You're not gonna have all great substance in that because you're probably gonna stretch it a bunch and That's what there's a little bit of that in this. It's not excessive. I will say there's just a little bit so the script like once again, I said the script feels a very personal and Like some of the dialogue was actually pulled from Grant's life Directly that is how it feels. I don't know if it's true But that's how it feels as an audience member experiencing what is on the screen. I like that about it though I like the personal feel. I really do What's on full display in this is a frustrating feeling of a the main character trying to go about her life and being met with a lot of confusing and indifferent interactions from men and Non-helpful quotes and advice from women I think this is a bit of a commentary on how men deal with situations how women deal with situations and how Frustrating it could be to kind of deal with both those groups probably more so men With this with the the scenario in this film than women, but still frustrating both ways and There is kind of a whole theme of sometimes you just got to do stuff on your own sometimes. It's just for you There's a portion focused on Expectations and how that can make you feel kind of cornered in ways, you know professionally just in your daily life. I Feel that I saw this in this film. I could connect with that. I feel that In its finish. I think the film is Proclaiming a triumphant individualism and recognition that there are times where you can only rely on yourself And don't I know that because I've been I had done a podcast I'd actually been doing three podcasts at one point and the only one that I ended up sticking with it I still do to this day is the one that I was fully in control of because Things happen, you know, some people flake on you some sometimes situations just fall apart Sometimes just life happens and other people can't be there to do what you're doing or they don't have the drive that you have so You know, sorry for that little side tangent But just to say there are things I connect with in this film and I like that about it So overall five stars in put five stars possible with half stars and play with this film I'm gonna give it a pretty solid three star rating. I think it's definitely worth seeing It's interesting and on the second viewing I got even more out of it, which you know, I feel like that's common for more thought-provoking films like this one is But I would be very interested if you've already seen the film or if you're going to watch the film come back here Comment down here. What did you pull out of this? You know, what did this film say to you? What themes really presented themselves to you because I'm not a hundred percent on this one This is one where the things I talked about are things I see in it But I'm not quite sure that that's exactly what it's supposed to be or I'm not quite sure that I didn't miss some things So I would really love to hear how you did or did not connect with this film and your thoughts on it So go ahead and put a comment down there. Go ahead spoilers in the comments. 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Welcome to the tea of the day. Today I have fresh oregano. Mm-hmm. That smells nice. Oh. Oh. Oh, whoa. That is cool. Basically, it's like a strange combination between what you get with the sage in a lot of ways that's because it has kind of like that little fuzzy stuff that sage has on it, but not quite to the same extreme. So it gives it gives it a bit of that depth in such a flavor and then it has a basil-y flavor. It's very closely related to basil. It's in the same family, obviously. So it has a touch of that kind of feel, but then it also has like a small spicy kind of feel as well. It's just, it's... Huh. I'm really liking this. I was expecting to be kind of more like parsley or something. I'm like, oh, I don't know. May not be that good, but man. I'm surprised. Okay, I'm just gonna keep drinking this sucker. I don't even want to add anything into it. It's just, this is great. I'm gonna have to have more oregano tea from now on. Yeah, it's not like it's sweet or anything. It's just just the flavors is so nice and I think it's also because it's very fresh. I mean, this is from my little herb garden right here, and I just picked it today through it right in here. And made a tea out of it immediately and bam, that's good.  That's good stuff. But let's talk about why oregano is good for you, eh? This is good for a lot of fighting things. Apparently it's good at fighting infections. It's a good anti-fungal, anti-viral, anti-bacterial agent, and it's also an anti-inflammatory agent. So fight, fight, fight. Oregano, oregano, oregano. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do. We love oregano. Do-do-do-do-do-do-do. I've occasionally used it in pastas and stuff like that, but I'm gonna have to find more ways to integrate oregano because at the moment I'm, hmm, it's my new best friend. Yeah, oregano. We'll see you later. Have a good tea day.


There are a handful of careers where I consistently see people getting to six figures in a very short amount of time. Now, almost by definition, these careers can't include going to college or some sort of long training process because then it would take way too long to get to six figures. You basically have to hit the ground running, get a job right out of high school and start getting raises as fast as you can. And in today's video, I am not only gonna share with you which careers these are, but I'm gonna tell you approximately how long it would take you to get to six figures. So if you appreciate this type of content, make sure to let me know by vigorously pounding the like button and let's go ahead and jump into it. All right, so first one on the list is going to be an artistic career, which is web designer. Now, this can also be known as UX or UI design. Sometimes it's a combination of both. UI is a little bit more artistic and UX is a little bit more analytical. But with this one, you can get to six figures after graduating from high school in the United States in about four to five years. So you would be about 22 to 23 years old. Now, if you look up Glassdoor, they're gonna show you that web designers make about $92,000 a year. And if you type in web design on LinkedIn, there's a lot of demand for it. 65,000 results at the entry level. Next one on the list is going to be real estate agent. Now, this one is very entrepreneurial and it's also relatively competitive. Everyone knows what this is. It's basically where you facilitate the buying and selling of houses. So with this one, there's a lot of people who try to become full-time real estate agents and they fail. There's a lot of other people who basically try to do real estate part-time and then every once in a while, if their family's gonna buy a house, they'll act as their real estate agent. And then there is a small amount of people who are very successful as real estate agents. So there is a lot of survivorship bias here. It's definitely not for everybody. But with that being said, real estate agents make about $136,000 a year according to Glassdoor. And if you are successful as a real estate agent, you can get to that six figure level in about three to four years. So you would be 21 or 22 years old. Next one on the list is going to be an instructional designer. This is a relatively niche career, but I really like it. It's an up and comer. And basically instructional design is where you help to design educational content on the internet. Sometimes this might be videos and sometimes it might be something that you're actually interacting with. Like you're answering questions like a quiz for instance. But with this one, you can make it to six figures in about three to four years. So you could be 21 to 22 years old. According to Glassdoor, instructional designers make about $101,000 a year. And if you type in instructional design on LinkedIn, you're gonna see about 14,000 results at the entry level. Next one on the list is going to be information technology. And this is a very broad terminology to be honest with you. There's so many different careers and sub-careers that you can go into and IT. But with that being said in IT, let's say you start off as an 18 year old, you get some certs and you get your first job in about a half year or something like that. You could get to six figures within three to four years. You would be 21 to 22 years old. This is one where a lot of people do choose to go to college. And that probably gives you a little bit of an advantage, but you do not have to go to college in order to get into IT. Now, according to Glassdoor, if you type in information technology, it shows $82,000 a year. But like I said, there's a ton of different specialties. If you go towards the specialties that pay better, you can easily make it to six figures around the 21 to 22 year old mark. And if you type in information technology on LinkedIn, you see there's 181,000 results at the entry level. Next one on the list is going to be a quality assurance analyst. And this is basically somebody who sort of like works out the bugs in computer program software, websites, et cetera, before they go live. So you save a lot of time and effort for the company. And you also make the customers happy because they don't have to deal with a bunch of bugs. Now with this one, you can also make it to that six figure level in about three to four years. So around the 21 to 22 year old mark. And according to Glassdoor, a QA analyst or quality assurance analyst makes about $98,000 a year on average. And if you type in quality assurance on LinkedIn at the entry level, you're going to see 167,000 results. Next one on the list is going to be one of my favorite ones, which is digital marketing. Now again, this is kind of broad and it covers like a bunch of different areas. You can go down, you can do SEO, which is searching and optimization. You can do paper click, which is basically the ads you see on Google. You can do Facebook ads, TikTok ads, et cetera. There's many different routes that you can go down. And some of them are going to be more high paying than others. Some of them are going to be more artistic than others. So it really depends on what you want. But with that being said, if you go for the high paying ones, you can easily make it to six figures within three to four years. So you can make it there around 21 to 22 years old. And according to Glassdoor, digital marketers overall make around $84,000 a year. And if you type in digital marketing on LinkedIn, you're going to see 105,000 results at the entry level. Next one on the list we're going to talk about is a trade career business owner. Now this gets a little bit complicated because different states have different rules for trades. For some states, you have to go to trade school or you have to do an apprenticeship or maybe there's a really long licensing process. For other states, you can start working right away. Another thing that complicates things is whether your state or region is union or non-union. So again, this can really complicate things and it really depends on where you live. But with that being said, if you live in a really business friendly state that also has a lot of opportunity, opening your own trade business can be phenomenally profitable. And there's some types of trade careers that are much more regulated than others. Now there's a bunch of different ones out there. There's plumbers, there's HVAC, which is heating, ventilation and air conditioning. There's electricians, there's welders. There's all kinds of different options out there. And with this one, as a small business owner, you can make it to that six-figure level within two to three years. Now, one of the easiest ones to get into is gonna be a truck driver. And truck drivers make about $64,000 a year on average, but if you own your own truck, you can easily make it to that six-figure level. And if you type in truck driver on LinkedIn, search for jobs, you're gonna see 144,000 results at the entry level. Next one on the list is going to be cybersecurity. And this is another one you can go into without going to college, but some people choose to go to college and that does help. And cybersecurity is becoming more and more important as data becomes more and more important because you have to protect that data. It's been tons of scandals where data has been breached and it costs companies millions or even billions of dollars. So with cybersecurity is a little bit harder to break into than something like IT, for instance. But with that being said, you can get to that six-figure level fast. We're talking in two to three years. So how much does cybersecurity in general make about $96,000 a year? And if you type in cybersecurity on LinkedIn, you're gonna see 59,000 results at the entry level. Next one on the list is going to be data analyst. Now, this is another one little bit harder to break into, takes a little bit longer than some of the other ones that I'm gonna mention on this list. But with that being said, if you can get that first data analyst job within a year after graduating high school, I think you can make it to six figures within two to three years. So 20 to 21 years old. And data analysts make about $95,000 a year.  Next one on the list is one of my favorite ones. Mentioned this many times on the channel. It's basically a meme at this point. That is going to be software developer. So if you're really good at self-teaching or you're able to go through a boot camp, something along those lines to get your first job, maybe six months after graduating high school or nine months, I believe you can make it to the six-figure level within one to two years. So at 19 to 20 years old. Now, some software developer jobs are going to be more profitable than others. So you'd want to go in the direction of the ones that obviously make you more money. But with that being said, if you look up software developer, it's $109,000 a year. And also in the technology industry, you have like total compensation. So sometimes you get paid in stocks and bonuses and all kinds of stuff like that. And if you type in software developer on LinkedIn, you're gonna see 175,000 results at the entry level, really good stuff. Next one on the list kind of goes without saying this is not gonna be for everybody but opening your own business right after high school. This is pretty rare. Most people need to get some experience, build some skills. But if you are able to open your own business right after high school and you're successful with it, you can get to six figures incredibly fast. So this one is gonna range anywhere from like six months to four years. So I'd say 18 to 22 years old because chances are your first few businesses are gonna fail. And finally, the number one career on the list to get the six figures, the absolute fastest. This one is number one. That is going to be tech sales. It is absolutely bananas, how fast people are getting to six figures in tech sales. With this one, it is very likely you can get to six figures within one to two years after graduating.  You can check out the playlist. I'll have it pop up on the screen. And there are many different examples of people getting into tech sales in like one to two months with zero experience. Some of them get into tech sales right after graduating high school. And of course it's not for everybody but if you're somebody who has a knack for it you can get to that six figure level easily. So technology sales in general makes about $106,000 a year. If you type in technology sales on LinkedIn you're gonna see 80,000 results at the entry level and business development, which is the other name for it. It's business development representative and sales development representative. You're gonna see about 354,000 results. Totally crazy. And that's all at the entry level, right? So there are some ridiculous examples in tech sales. For instance, Della just interviewed her on the channel. She went from no tech sales experience to over $100,000 a year job in about one and a half months. I mean, it doesn't get much better than that. That is just phenomenal. Now is that typical going right into your first tech sales job at over 100,000? No, that's not typical. Usually that will be your second job or if you stay with the first company maybe your second year. But yeah, all the people that I've interviewed on my channel recommend course careers. That's what most of them used. And I will put that down in the description as well as the pen comment below. They have some free training. You can check it out, see what it's all about. See if you like tech sales and if you wanna use their service because they get you interviews and they train you how to do tech sales. You can use my coupon code Shane50. I'll put that down in the description below. And also check out that interview with Della right here because it's really awesome and inspirational.


One of Nuno members loved to do an origami and she always Worked with like this. It's very simple way So this is the original idea Yeah, like this And keep doing Like this So and then we made two Mold and the fabric inside then press with the heat when we started I think beginning of 90s and We didn't know how to make this pretty we are not pretty like a technician and We made just one mold and try to use this one So and then use chopstick, but I thought it's something wrong with it and I visited one of the oldest pleats Factory in Fukui actually they did for Miyake and Mr. Inoue is an expert of pleats and when I visited there they have a All the collection some of the beautiful paper mold from France they found from the market that has two mold and Uses very thick paper And I was oh this is it and then I stopped using chopstick finding out how to make it in On to fabric and that was really really fun to think about maybe using like a pin or a crib or Chopstick to make the shape so after making the shape We use this color paper pressed with the heat and the vacuum to get the color this gradation Naturally came out and we didn't figure out when we did Experimental piece and finally we really really happy with this because the fabric has a space and between the space and the color seat get into the Layering part to get the natural color shading so beautiful and we love it


Standard of California, on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the West, invites you to let George do it. Vultures on the wing, another adventure of George Valentine. Personal notice, taint just my stock and trade. If the future shapes up like a condolence card with a big black border, you got a job for me, George Valentine. Write full details. Dear Mr. Valentine, because of a stroke of extraordinary luck, the investment of $20,000 promises to yield me a half million. But the transaction must be closed swiftly tonight, because with so much money involved, there are naturally vultures on the wing. I sing in the colonade room at the Savoy Wilton, but I shall be home this afternoon at three. It is convenient for you. Signed Maria. You're concerned that there is something questionable about the proposition, is that it, Mr. Valentine? No, I guess I'm just a creature of habit, Mrs. Burnett, but... It's Maria to the whole world. Then why not you and Ms. Brooks, of course. Oh, well, let's be real chummy and call me Bruxy. You were saying, George... Oh, just call me, Georgie. Now, I was saying when 20 grand teases back a half million, I begin to drip with all kinds of doubts. Oh, it's all very legal and terribly simple. All right, you've written a lead. What about the rest of the story? Those vultures on the wing. Yes. Four priceless paintings by Sebastian Zunderd were sold to a very high-ranking general when the Nazis occupied Holland. Sold? Yes. The owner was a collaborator. He had no scruples about dealing with the Nazis. So it was all very legal. Go on. These four masterpieces passed from hand-to-hand by way of Portugal and Argentina to this country. They're still considered among the missing. But I'm in touch with the present owner, and he'll let me have them for $20,000. Huh, bargain sale. Well, how did you and, uh, Mr. X get together in the first place? That's where I think I've been very clever, Bruxy. From the boulevard de la Croixie in Cannes to zeros on the Sunset Strip. Wherever I've sung, I let my interest in the Zunderd canvases be known to the right people. Wasn't that a little like shooting blanks and not even having a target? I reasoned it had to be somebody in the international set. I was right. Last night, after two years, I received a telephone call. Um, just a minute, Maria. Huh? Oh, Nick, I told you to stay in the library. This is a business conference. Why don't you have conferences with your husband? I graduated from the Harvard School of Business. Will you please leave us, Nick? No, we're going to have a conference. And don't want any strangers going to start by throwing this gentleman out. Now, hold it, will you, Buster? What have you been drinking? Singapore Slings with vodka? Let go of me. Nick, Nick, if you don't behave yourself. Yeah, I know. You'll leave me. Then what would I do when all the bottles got empty? Not in front of these people, Nick. Please. Ah, pride, self-respect. Most important, of course. Ah, go on with your conference, darling. That's better. You may not think so, but I did graduate from Harvard School of Business. Forgive the interruption. But, uh, as I said, George... Yeah? The plan for tonight is terribly simple. You are to pick up the briefcase with the zundits in the colonnade room.  We have just about ten minutes before you meet the man with the briefcase down in the lobby. This is just about my cue to go to the powder room with this briefcase full of old newspapers under my wrap. Right. And on the way back, make certain everybody in the place knows you've got it. Do you really believe anybody will think we've made the swap in the powder room? This operation is strictly cloak and dagger, Bruxy, so let's play along. Well, what have I been doing up to now? Well, the point is, if there are any interested parties in the offing, they'll stick right here with me and your briefcase, while you go downstairs and claim the other one and get over to Maria's. Well, here I go. I just hope my briefcase isn't showing. I was hoping the young lady would leave, so I could have a moment with you, Mr. Valentine. Okay, I'll take out the stopwatch, friend. Running errands for Maria? Charming creature, isn't she? I'm Alfred Stieger. Stieger Art Galleries. Oh, so you know me. No, I've been lucky up till now. Maria the Darling might very well become the proud owner of four perfectly breathtaking zunders tonight. You're not sorry. But the poor pet is always at such loose ends. She might very well lose these treasures. Didn't it buy some chance they found their way to me? You might very well find yourself $5,000 a rich child. How did you get hold of the information, Stieger? Lord Heaven's man, you shouldn't have. Hasn't Maria even mentioned my name? I really believe I feel slighted. Or you'll bounce back. Just because I'm considering double-crossing her doesn't mean I don't think the world is the dear girl. However, what have you to say about being $5,000 richer? Shroopers, awkward things, always getting in the way. But think it over, Valentine. Ah, good evening, Stieger. Oh, fan Brooklyn. Would you mind returning to your table so I could speak to Mr. Valentine? Now look here, old man. Oh, please, boys, don't fight over me. Please do not make me ask you again, Stieger. Oh, very well. I was quite through anyway. Oh, by the way, ma'am, look, like... Yes? Why don't you drop around at my galleries? I have some excellent reproduction. Why do you speak to me of reproduction? Because these might fool even you, despite your reputation as a connoisseur. Good night. You belong in this act, too, Mr. Van Ropen? In a manner of speaking, I am the act, Mr. Valentine. Aw. If Maria has deemed advice to hire you to ensure the safe transfer of the tsundere canvases tonight, that is her affair. But I must make sure you understand one thing. Well, not just understanding one thing, it'd be a great improvement. The $20,000 Maria untrusted to you belongs to me. She is merely a commission agent, someone I hired more than two years ago to make it known in the right places that I was in the market. I'd like to know who isn't in the market for those things. I myself am merely a representative of a syndicate, a group of men who intend to acquire those paintings at any cost. So it would be more sensible if you made sure they found a way to me. Mr. Van Brooklyn, at the moment I'm playing bouncy ball with Maria. Now, if you want to get in on the game, you'd better talk to her. Otherwise, somebody might get hurt. I see. Well, I'm afraid I must leave you.  It was a great pleasure. Oh, don't mention it. Mr. Character with a beard.  Later, Brooksy, later. Let me have that. You can't say everybody in the place doesn't know I came back with a briefcase. I did everything with play catch with it. Yeah, I saw you.  You're okay, George. But be a nice, peace-loving decoy, darling. I want you back all in one piece. Okay, go on now, Angel. Get on your tricycle. You're okay. See you at Maria's. Nice run you've got there, Valentine. Well, thank you. I've got very good taste. Except in the kind of people I seem to attract to this table. Why don't you be satisfied? Stay away from Maria. How are you, Buster? And don't tell me I can find out in any post office by just looking at your picture front and side. Maybe you've heard of me, Jim Fowler. I hope you noticed I just went pale. Hey.  Maria and me are friends. Good friends, catch. That's cozy, Fowler.  I'll give it to her dressing room.  You're not very smart, Valentine. On your way, Pixie, I got things to do. In the car. Oh, you're the muscle boy for Van Broklin, Stig or Fowler.  Suppose I pout.  Try me.   Get in! Hey, Brooks, what happened? Oh, pray they. George, I got here just before you, George. I hurried here after my last show. I found her on the floor and the paintings she brought, they're gone. We'll get to that in a minute. Are you sure you're feeling better now, Angel? Yes, darling, I think so. Well, I came right here. Just as you told me. Then when I opened the door, it was all dark. Then, zow, somebody hit me. Has your husband Nick been over there like that all the time? I don't know. I found him that way with his head down on the table. He's no good to anybody. George, you don't look fresh as a buttercup yourself. Where have you been? Somebody wanted a briefcase full of newspapers. It's so bad they floated me out of town. I had to walk back till I got a care. Oh, the pictures. I told you, I told you we'll get to that. The next time around, I'm going to get the truth from you. Right now, I want to see if your husband here knows anything we ought to know. All right, you. Hey, Burnett. Come on, Burnett, snap out of it. Come on, sit up in the chair. Nick! George. Yeah. One of our friends fixed it so that Nick will be stone cold on the hottest day in July. We'll return to tonight's adventure of George Valentine in just a moment. If you're driving a new car, you're probably getting a lot of pleasure out of its smooth performance.  It gives car performance to delight the heart of every motorist. Thanks to special blending agents, new Chevron Supreme gives your car faster starts and faster warm-ups. It gives your car new alertness and traffic, ping-free power to lift your car over hills. In fact, for today's high compression engines, you can't buy a better gasoline. And premium quality Chevron Supreme is climate tailored. So wherever you drive in the West, no matter what the temperature or altitude, you'll agree, new Chevron Supreme gets the best out of your car. Try a tank full tomorrow. Get it at Standard Stations and at Independent Chevron Gas Stations, where they say and mean, we take better care of your car. And now back to tonight's adventure of George Valentine. A glamorous lady known simply as Maria to the International Smart Set sends you on an errand, namely to drop off 20 grand and pick up poor paintings. Then various and sundry personalities start double crossing each other all around you to snare the above mentioned canvases. And as an added Philip, Maria's husband is found stabbed to death. Momentarily, you bide your time, which if you're anything like George Valentine, you devote to cerebral contortions while Lieutenant Riley does the talking. Uh, Mrs. Burnett, did your husband know all three of them? I mean Ben Broklin, Stieger and Fowler. Yes, more or less. Uh-huh. Well, I've got an old points bulletin now for them, we'll have their stories in the morning. Right now, I want to get the picture here straight. Now, Miss Brooks. Yes, sir. You're sure there isn't anything you forgot to tell us? No. It was dark. I hardly got in the door. Then I thought I saw somebody looking at me. Well, then that may be imagination. I came here directly from the Savoy Wilson. Anybody can tell you that I... Okay, Mrs. Burnett, okay. Nobody is questioning your alibi. Anything else, Miss Brooks?  Yeah, well... Just as I passed out, I... I remember hearing a loud noise. A crash of some kind. That's all. Hey, Riley, that means the lamp and the stand over there were knocked over when the murderer was leaving and not in the struggle with Burnett. Back to the same thing. They both knew each other when there was no struggle. But Valentine, maybe you can explain something else to me. The bloodstains near the foyer door and Burnett, lying with his head on the table, a good dozen feet away. How did he make the trip with the knife in him and why no signs of blood in between? Yeah, I've been kicking that around too early, but it keeps bouncing back at me. Yeah. Well, we leave the whole thing until tomorrow when I know a lot more than I know right now. Well, good night. Oh, uh, you'd better stay put, Mrs. Burnett. Oh, we'll come along with you, Lieutenant. May I see you a moment, George? I'll be right there, Brooks. Yeah, Maria. You're not walking out on me, are you? I... I need you more than... I need you more than ever now. I can't imagine you needing anybody. But if it's gonna make your dreams any sweeter, I'll be seeing you in the morning. Better get your story straight. You are very anxious to speak with Maria Valentine. But I thought it would be wise if I talked to her first this morning. So there would be no misunderstanding. What does he mean, Maria? I'm sure Mr. Van Brooklyn tends to tell you that himself. But first, may I explain this patch of court plaster on my cheek? Yeah, it looks like somebody set out to make a veal cutlet out of your nose. Unfortunately, the tugs who attacked me took my word that I do not have the tsundere, so I don't know where they are. Which is true. Sounds like foulers boys on the job. The important thing is to restate the bargain I made with you, Maria. A liberal bonus if you located the paintings and to consummate the deal, $20,000 at your disposal, for which I have a receipt. What have you got to say, Maria? Perhaps she will speak more freely after I leave. Just remember, Maria. I expect you to produce the money or the pictures. All right, sweetheart. Let's scrape off all the fine-fingered intrigue and see what we've got here. Oh, George. George, I've been so alone, so frightened. No fun getting caught in your own squeezes. Come closer. George, I'm in love with you. Well, you must be really scared to stagger into that routine. Don't talk like that. I suppose now I'm expected to rush out and get those undits for you. That's a lie. I swear I was thinking of us, but the future would be like with all that money. Which wouldn't belong to you. Let me tell you what the score is. I sent Bruxy over to Stieger's Galleries to ask a few questions, and I... Don't give me that used-up smile. I'll admit that's one for my memory book. We're still in business. I'll let you know when I'm taking in my son. Now, you listen. I've measured all the angles, Maria, and I think I know the setup. Maybe even a little better than you do. I'm listening. About two years ago, Fowler slid into your life. He was a kind of tough-minded male you liked. An exciting contrast, a Nicky boy who was always lit up like a busy switchboy. No character analysis, darling. Just the facts. What if I told you a boyfriend moved in on you, shoulder hostler and all, to deal with Van Broklen? What? But they don't even know each other.  To suggest you passed the word about the paintings to your friends, the former black marketeers that run down royally the professional sophisticates. You can't make me believe that. Those two had split the fancy fee Van Broklen's syndicate was willing to pay. That is, if one or the other wouldn't work a double-cross. Why, those two conniving... Makes sense, doesn't it? But then you and Brother Stieger were gonna pull a fast one, too. As an art dealer, he can not only okay the pictures, but find the right market for them. I think you could pay back the 20 grand and say you weren't gonna play anymore. Very well. I'd need that. But there's more for you. Stieger was all-prime to cross you. What? Made me a proposition. 5,000 if I delivered those masterpieces to him. What an unholy mess. And if it's all... if it's all true. Listen, George, if you play this right, you can still... Oh, Fowler. I told you to stay away from her, Valentine. It's a bad memory, one of my worst faults. Go over him, Batsy, see if he's catting a rod. Stand still while I fend you, bud. Never mind. Here you are. Jim, what are you going to do? We'll talk later. Hey, look at this fancy heated this guy cuts around, Mr. Fowler. Look at me. I'm the Green Hornet. I've got a whole army coming at me. But I go... What did you pick that up, Fowler? Batsy is missing a couple of brain cells. There's too many comic books. But he does what I tell him. And that's all that matters. Valentine, what are those pictures? I got the same story I gave your boys last night. I wouldn't know. Jim, is it true about you and Van Valken? Yeah. Like I said, we'll talk later. Batsy. Yeah, Mr. Fowler? Drag this paper over to my hotel. Keep him there. He's got a lot of talking to do. If he doesn't, he's not going to walk back from this ride. Look at me now. Oh, please, please, no more, Batsy. I want you to stop waving that gun. Now I'm the heavyweight champion. Bam, biff, bang, he's down. Hey, one, two, three, four. Hey, hey, hey, Batsy. There's somebody at the door. What? Hey, one score got to you and you know what you get. I know, I know. What's more, I believe? What do you want, sister? I'm here to clean up Mr. Fowler's suite. I ain't got all day, you know. Hey, wait a minute. Oh, I didn't know you had company. Oh, but I can clean around the gentlemen if he'll just cooperate.  How about you cooperating with me? We might get places together. Oh, fresh, ain't you? Hey, come on, come on. Make a snap and get through. Gee, you've got a funny voice, mister. Huh? Oh, didn't you know? You're talking to a frog with a man in this throat. Now, listen here, you... He looks like an overgrown meatball to me. That's all from you, babe. Looks like a punch-drunk fighter with a hot foot. I warned you, babe.  George! That does it. Oh! In polite to turn your back on it. Yes! Did you see the size of his hands, George? Easy, but she will get his gun. You were terrific, Angel. What blessed little voice got at you from Stieger's over here? Stieger's own sweet falsetto. Huh? Well, when I walked into his galleries, I heard Stieger screaming blue murder in the back. Somebody was giving him a going over. Oh, Fowler's really covering territory today.  Then somebody said Fowler was taking care of you at his hotel. I mumbled something and backed out of the place.  Oh! I ought to get something for the five bucks I split the chamber made. Now we got to give this place a double-quick canvas for those zunders. Yeah, but if they were here, George, why would Fowler be picking up assault and battery charges all over the city? I don't know, Bruxy, but there are a couple of weird angles that keep popping up in my mind like three blind mice.  Why now? Get on the phone and ask Raleigh to get our all-star cast at Maria's. Ladies and gentlemen, you will notice that one member of our little group is missing. Yes. That's Mr. Stieger. Why, uh, in the morgue. What? Yes. Yes, your, uh, gunsles put a little much in... too much enthusiasm in their work, Fowler. You're not putting this on me, Lieutenant. And I'm clamming up till I see my lawyer. That's your constitutional right. Mm-hmm. Uh, let me have those paintings, Valentine. Hey, Valentine. You found them. They're mine. I can produce a receipt for the money I advance Maria. Where'd you find them? Where were they? In your place, Buster. Right under a neat pile of your monogram dundee. Which adds up to this. Fowler, I'm holding you for the murder of Nick Burnett and Stieger. Can I, uh, call my lawyer? I don't know what you were trying to get out of Stieger, but that'll come out in time. Wait, Lieutenant. Yeah? Somebody planted those pictures in his apartment. Well, what do you mean? But that sounds crazy, George. Why? Maybe mine here, Van Broekland, can tell us. I? Who was willing to spend a fortune to secure those dundas? Yes, Valentine. That doesn't make much sense. Well, but it does, Lieutenant. It does. With Fowler framed for murder, you wouldn't have to split with him, Van Broekland. The paintings were bound to find their way back to you. You have legal ownership. Maria's receipt. Absurd, mere speculation. When Miss Brooks walked in here last night, she thought she saw two eyes staring at her. They were the glint from those egg-sized lenses you use for glasses, Van Broekland. That's right, George. Oh, I'm sure. The noise Miss Brooks heard after she was hit was you crashing to the floor with a table in the vase. That's when you got that gash in the cheek. Nobody's been slamming you around. Then it was his blood in the foyer, not Burnett's. Yeah, the lab tests will prove that beyond any doubt, Riley.  Well, what's the joke? These pictures. People have bought and sold them, degraded their souls and spilled blood for them, ever since I first put them on the market in New York. What of it? Justice. They did it because these are masterpieces, art in its most sublime form. I know all this because I have followed their trail across the world. There's no syndicate. No one but me. I want them back and you know why? Because I painted them myself. Oh, listen. Yes, yes. You wanted them. I fooled the entire art world, the greatest hoax in the history of art. With my failing eyesight, I knew I would never paint again. But I would have these as a tribute to my talents. Yes. And after I died, they would be accepted as the best things Sundar ever did. Please. Valentine, it would be possible for me to keep them with me until they... I know why not, Van Broekland. You've paid for them. No, Bruxy. Fowler's Goon Squad merely gave Stieger a good roughing up and Broekland delivered the coup de gras. Oh, George, the reason sounds fantastic. Even though I know it's true. Yeah, Van Broekland was that fabulous character the papers were full of after the war. He sold a million dollars worth of fake art to Göring and Co. Stieger recognized him despite the beard. Yeah, this shindig takes the cake for pure, concentrated finagling. Yeah, awful tempting, all that dough. Hey, no angel, just out of curiosity. What would you do if you found a half million bucks? Oh, well, let's see. Well, if it belonged to a poor person, I'd return it. To a poor... Okay, don't explain it. The pain will go away in a few minutes. For the greatest motoring pleasure you've ever enjoyed, let me remind you again of new Chevron Supreme gasoline. For today's high compression engines, you just can't buy a better gasoline. That's because new Chevron Supreme gives your car faster starts. It gives your car faster warm-ups too. New pep in heavy traffic driving. Power to lift your car over the hills with never a ping. And it's a premium quality gasoline that's climate tailored. That means it's specially blended for each different altitude and temperature zone in the West. 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Let George do it is written by David Victor and Herbert Little Jr. and directed by Don Clark. Also heard in the cast were Maria Palmer as Maria, Ted DeCorsia as Van Brooklyn, Leo Clareas Stieger, Ed McDonald as Fowler, Barney Phillips as Nick, and Frank Richards as Batsy. The music is composed and presented by Eddie Dunstetter, your announcer, John Heaston. Listen again next week, same time, same station, to let George do it. This is the Mutual Don Lee Broadcasting System.


So, I don't know if it's the season, Christmas season, end of the year, the sort of artificial deadline that wanting to get things in a good state by the end of the year, the feeling of coming up to the end, or maybe it's just the new normal. But it just seems like there are so many things to do. There is such a long list, and I know that this is not an uncommon thing at all. There are just so many things to do, and there's such a list of things to be concerned about and things I have to work on, and sometimes it just bothers me how big that list is. And that's one of my favorite things to do in recent days has been trying to organize everything, organize all of this list, all the things that I need to be concerned about so that I can somehow get to this mythical state of being at the end of the list. Can you imagine that being, getting to the very end of the list of problems, of to-dos, of things that need attention, it usually seems like a normal state to just have this kind of indefinite vague list of problem, problem, problem to-do, to-do, to-do with no foreseeable end. And I just like to imagine this idea of having this list written out, organized, and eventually I get to the point where, wow, that's it. I have nothing more to add. I have no other problems. I have no other to-dos. That is the complete list of everything that I need to be concerned about at this moment. And of course, every day brings with it in the inbox of new problems and new to-dos, and so the list will never, can never be fully empty, but it seems to me to be a big step to be able to get to the end of that list and then look at it as that's it. So that this kind of nagging sense of what else do I need to do? What else is there? The feeling that no matter how much I achieve, how much I get done, there is always something else popping up that is demanding attention. And even now, just in my mind, even as I said that sentence, the thoughts of some to-dos crept into my mind, it's, oh, I have to do that thing, I have to do that thing. So it just seems like there's these to-dos and problems floating around and just popping up anywhere like, oh, remember about that, oh, you forgot about this thing, oh, gotta do that thing. It can really start to seem like it's an endless number, but I believe that it is not. I believe that just as our lives are finite, our existence as mortal beings, as human beings, as these living creatures, we have a finite existence. And as much as that's usually a bit of a downer, because life is such a great thing to be able to experience that the thought of it having to end before very long is a bit of a downer. And yet there is an upside in the sense that just as our lives are finite, our list of problems is finite. There is an end, just like there's an end to our lives, both in space, as in we only exist within this little slice of the universe, even if we travel around, we're still in this little thin slice of space-time. We are limited in space, and of course we are limited in time for the number of days in our lives. There's an end, and there's also an end to anything that we need to be concerned about. So I find that reassuring. Now it's a long way from that to actually reaching the end of that list, but I believe that there is an end, and it's simply a matter of being able to clearly get them all out into this list, and that's what I'm working on now. Getting everything that I might need to be concerned about all out into a list, and then looking forward to that point where I can say I have completed that list. And of course the details, it can get into pretty small details, but I mean in major, in the major areas, we have to take care of health, take care of family, friends, have to take care of income, have to develop something useful, meaningful work that will make the world a better place in some way, but those are the basics I think really for me. If I can maintain my health, so sleeping, eating, exercising, medical care, basic maintenance of my health, then I have support of the people in my life, family, friends, make sure they're being supported, then I have to make sure I get enough income to be able to live and support myself.  And then beyond that, the main thing that I need is to develop work that is something that I can be proud of, something that I think will be a good thing for the world in some small way, something that will help people in some way, somehow make the world a little bit better. It seems like, if it seems like all my problems and all my to-dos can more or less be fit into those areas, if I can maintain standards in those areas, take care of them, they will generate to-dos as there's anything wrong and then it'll pop up, oh, you got to do this, you got to do this, and that certainly those areas are big enough to keep me busy, then, but it seems like anything that I have to do can be placed within those areas.  And finally, just my work, I'll do the best that I can within my life, and that's it. So, yeah, I wonder how this sounds, I wonder how this will sound to somebody else. You know, the thought of my problems are not so bad, they're only as big as my entire life, and when you put it that way, it doesn't necessarily sound all that comforting. But I do like the idea of thinking that this list of problems that I have is a finite list and it is possible to make it to the end. So whenever I have that feeling of to-dos piling up, problems piling up, too many things that I need to do all at the same time, and by the time I finish one thing, new things popping up that I need to do, I like to remind myself that it's all part of this whole system for living my life. These are all, everything that I have to do, every to-do has a purpose as part of my life, and there is only a certain number of things that I need to do, and that's it.


This is Benjamin Davis with Cointelegraph, and I'm sitting here with Yobi Benjamin. And could you introduce yourself to our audience and tell them what you're doing right now? Hello, my name is Yobi Benjamin, has been set over here, and I am the current CTO Emeritus of token.io. And now you have a bit of a different opinion on government regulations from what I understand. Could you talk a little bit about that? Yeah, I am, believe it or not, quite a fan of government regulations. By background, I was the former global CTO of Citigroup. I currently sit on the Federal Reserve Faster Payment Task Force, Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. So my view on regulation is that regulation is good and regulation actually legitimizes a business. So I'm not a big fan of an Uber libertarian movement that says that regulation is bad and we don't need any of this, and the world is going to be perfect without any regulation. Now that mentality is prevalent throughout crypto, and the technology underlying cryptocurrency is a technology that is hoped by some to be used to sort of disrupt the system and take everything and make it something new. Davos is not like that, and you see blockchain all over the place in Davos. Why do you think that is? Interestingly enough, this is the first year in Davos that we have seen so many blockchain companies. The World Economic Forum itself, if you look at the formal program, has probably about two hours of blockchain programming. The issues that concern the World Economic Forum are far more diverse and far deeper than blockchain itself. Blockchain is an important technology. Probably one of the most important technologies. But blockchain also has basically the way I would say it has given birth to many great technologies but also many hucksters. And I think that is common knowledge in this industry. We see blockchain companies selling things such as unfortunately things like prostitution or other types of things that are not really part and parcel of a global system and shouldn't be part of a global system. I think blockchain does a lot in terms of global trade, doing trade finance, doing things that don't require high-velocity transactions or high-frequency transactions. But there's a lot you can do in blockchain. Municipal governments, property titles, municipal fines, all sorts of records can be put on the blockchain. But not everything fits on the blockchain. When I was global CTO of Citibank, we did three to nine trillion dollars of transactions a day. And as you know, the blockchain itself in its totality, given all the crypto of Bitcoin and Ethereum, don't even come close to a trillion dollars a day. Basically because this industry is so hot right now, it opened up the door for a lot of innovation but also for a lot of scams. And as you said, Huxters, how do you spot the Huxter? Look, here's what I see about ICOs, right? Right now an ICO happens, somebody's come up with a great idea and then suddenly hires two developers, four developers, they write on the ERC-20 protocol and they have an ICO. Essentially short circuiting what has been a long formal process of an initial public offering. In a lot of ways that's good because it expands access to capital. However, it doesn't give an excuse for beginning to go and offer things to the market that border on silly if not criminal. I think that if you're looking for an ICO and you think you want to invest in an ICO, look at the team, this is a pretty standard piece of advice, but look if they're open to getting themselves registered. There are many companies that are doing ICOs that are not afraid of the registration process. There are many companies that are not afraid of regulation and fully put themselves in front of regulators and make themselves available to questions, make themselves available to criticism, much like any other IPO process. I personally like ICOs, but given that there are probably thousands, if not tens of thousands of ICOs that are forthcoming, it's a buyer-beware market. That's all I could say for that. Great. Well, thank you very much for sitting down and talking to us. It was really nice to meet you. Thank you very much for your time.


My name is Len Goldberg, as Julius mentioned, a practicing accountant of North York for many, many years and a very, very proud supporter of Jews for Judaism. The dedicated gratitude to Julius and Rabbi Skobick and the story I'm about to tell you will explain why. I want my story to alert you to the movement that seeks to disenfranchise people from the Jewish faith, that why their pitch has no merit, has no basis in truth, and how important Jews for Judaism is because they possess the knowledge to disabuse those at risk from being converted. You can go to a rabbi for certain information, but nobody matches the skill of the New Testament as the people at Jews for Judaism. So how did this all happen? Well, several years ago I was having a meeting with a client, walking in, we're going to discuss year-end business, nothing other than usual. All of a sudden he starts quoting the New Testament and the Old Testament, and he's trying to tell me that belief in Jesus as the Messiah came from our book, the Old Testament. And there I am, just standing with my mouth open, not being able to say a word. He was well-versed in Bible proof texts, in the Old and the New, and he was peppering me with quotations and facts regarding Jesus as the Jewish Messiah, and that was stated in my Jewish Bible. Many times in the past we had met for other business meetings, and we often talked about business and other things, but this was the first time that he was on a mission. He was on a mission to convert me, and he was prepared. He carefully explained that he thought Jews were thought to be under the control of Satan, that we had scales over our eyes. I was shocked. Here I am sitting with a client, someone I've known for years, and he thinks I'm possessed. I've been accused of many, many things. I may have been devilishly good looking at some point, or had a demonic sense of humor, but no one ever thought that I was under the control of Satan. This was the main reason, according to him, that Jews rejected Jesus as the Messiah. Every time we had a meeting scheduled, I became kind of terrified, because I had no ammunition to retort what he was saying to me. You can imagine with this pall of being satanic, hanging over our conversations, I walk in one day and he's having a conversation with the secretary, and he looks up and he says, Speak of the devil. I'm saying, oh my God, was he just using a figure of speech, or did he truly think that I was under the control of Satan? So these recurring meetings left me speechless, literally. I had no ammunition from which I could counter the wave of words coming at me. Instinctively, I recoiled at the concept of being considered a subject under satanic control and became increasingly angry at myself for my lack of knowledge from which I could launch a meaningful response. Some may have fallen under the verbal attack and surrendered to his words. I got angry at myself. But with every problem comes a solution, and there it was, on the table. Jews for Judaism counter-missionary survival seminar at Sherrodville Congregation.  This looked like the self-defense material I needed. I signed up and spent the next six weeks educating myself and being educated about so many aspects of the experience I was going through and how to respond to missionary zeal of my client. And as a byproduct of this whole exercise was learning to appreciate the beauty of Judaism. What an eye-opener. First, let me give you a summary of what this counter-missionary course offers. Firstly, the simple reasons why Jesus is not our Messiah. It's no secret that Christian missionaries claim Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. Why has Judaism rejected this for over 2,000 years? The concept of the Messiah has its foundation in our Jewish Bible, the Tanakh, which clearly teaches that six criteria must be fulfilled before any Jew can be acknowledged as the Messiah. The Messiah must be from the tribe of Judah and a descendant of King David and King Solomon. In gathering of the Jewish exiles, when the Messiah is reigning as king of Israel, the Jews will be ingathered from their exile and will return to Israel, their homeland. This clearly has not yet happened. And it didn't happen in Jesus' time, so there's no way that he could be the Jewish Messiah. Rebuilding of the Holy Temple. The Temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt a third time. The fact is the Second Temple was still standing in Jesus' day. It was destroyed 38 years after his crucifixion and has not yet been rebuilt. Fourth reason. Worldwide reign of peace. There will be universal disarmament and worldwide peace with a complete end to war. Yet wars have continued dramatically in the world since the start of Christianity and many fought by Christian nations. Observance of the Torah will be embraced by all Jews. The Messiah will reign as king at a time when all the Jewish people will observe God's commandments. But Jesus never ruled as king nor have all the Jews embraced the commandments of God's Torah. And finally, universal knowledge of God. The Messiah will rule at a time when all the people of the world will come to acknowledge and serve the one true God of the Jews. This as well has not yet taken place and we await its fulfillment. A classical Biblical portrait of the Messiah for all of the criteria for the Messiah are found in numerous places in the Jewish Bible. Let me just read one from the book of Ezekiel, chapter 37, verse 24 to 28, quoting, And my servant David will be king over them and they will all have one shepherd and they will walk in my ordinances and keep my statutes and observe them and they shall live on the land that I gave to Jacob my servant in which your fathers have lived and they shall live there. They and their children and their children's children forever and my servant David will be their prince forever. Moreover, I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant which I will give them and I will multiply them and will set my sanctuary in their midst forever.  And the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel and when my sanctuary is in their midst forever. So anyone can claim to be the Messiah or a group of people can claim that someone else is the Messiah. However, if that person fails to fulfill all the criteria found in the Jewish Bible, he cannot be the Messiah. According to the Christian scriptures, Jesus seems to have understood this. As he was being crucified by the Romans, he cried out My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? So what's the Christian rebuttal to this in order to deal with Jesus' failure to fulfill the biblical messianic prophecies? Missionaries argue that he will accomplish them when he returns in the future. It's like a do-over. It's important to understand that this second coming doctrine is an admission that Jesus did not fulfill any of the messianic criteria. This rationalization versus failure certainly provides no reason to accept him as the Messiah of today. Furthermore, the Jewish Bible does not have a messianic installment plan where the Messiah comes, fails in his mission, and then returns thousands of years later to try it again. Still, missionaries will claim that because Jesus performed miracles, he must be the Messiah. However, we have no real evidence that Jesus actually performed any miracles, and even if he did, they would not prove he's the Messiah. Our Bible never teaches that we will be able to recognize the Messiah through the miracles that he will do. Actually, the Torah teaches that even false prophets can have the ability to perform supernatural miracles. We Jews prefer to wait for the real Messiah, according to God's promises and guidelines. The Jewish Bible provides a clear and consistent description of what the world will look like when the Messiah comes, and this clearly has not yet transpired. So we still await the coming of the true Messiah, that may he and the utopian world come soon. Jews for Judaism's counter-missionary seminar taught me so much more. I learned about the astonishing frequency of Jews being targeted for their beliefs. When it just happened to me, I thought it was like a sole incident that couldn't be happening to too many other people. My experience with my client was new to me, and I thought isolated, but this is routinely played out every day in suspecting Jewish candidates for conversion who are targeted by friends and acquaintances. This practice of proselytizing friends, neighbors, and business associates is widespread. The concept of being challenged by someone you know gives them an advantage. The element of trust when interacting with those we know lowers our defenses, and one becomes more vulnerable. The tendency for me was not to be confrontational with a colleague, especially a client, you're not going to challenge him, especially when I had no basis on which I could have a meaningful response. Again, those with little education and weak ties to Judaism can become fodder for Jews for Jesus. It is reported that over 8,000 are swayed to the Hebrew Christian movement each year, 8,000 people. There are over 20,000 Jewish Christian sect members in Israel alone. Couple this with intermarriage of over 70% among non-Orthodox Jews. The growing number of unmarried Jews, the escalating rate of divorce, resurgent anti-Semitism, the future of Judaism seems very perilous. So while we may not have, well, it may not have happened to you, know this is happening in North America and Israel and other parts of the world. Jews are being targeted and we need to step up and do something about it. Next I learned about the vast sums of money expended for the sole purpose of drawing Jews away from Judaism to the Christian faith. If you go to Canada Revenue Agency's charity listings on their website, you will see the Canadian branch of Jews for Jesus as of December 2016, which is the last year they filed. They have almost a million dollars in the bank. If you go and check Jews for Judaism at that same date, not so much. You will note that most of their directors for Jews for Jesus are not Jewish. You can tell from their last names, these are not Jewish people that are on Jews for Jesus. Each year 300 million dollars are spent by a variety of missionary organizations to convert Jews worldwide. There are over 1000 Christian groups in North America actively involved in missionizing the Jewish people. Some even convert dead Jews through a ritual known as proxy baptism practiced by the Mormons until they agreed to stop in exchange for a building permit in Jerusalem. What followed after that was a detailed analysis by Rabbi Skoblik clearly showing the huge theological differences between Christianity and Judaism. Many naively would think they believe in Jesus and we don't, and that would be the end of it, but not so. The Christian belief that salvation can only be achieved through Jesus is explained as well as the relevance of faith not action as a significant element of their beliefs. Even without knowing a response to this tenet, intuitively it didn't make sense and you can believe whatever you want, but if you don't do anything, what's the point? One has to put effort to get something. Then there's the issue of one God and the Trinity in Christianity and sin. Major differences there. Judges can atone for sins by repentance, prayer, and performing mitzvot. Christians believe in the sacrifice of the blood of Jesus on the cross is the only way to be forgiven for sins.  The nature of the true Messiah is poles apart with Christian belief in the virgin birth and Judaism with a normal human Messiah born of natural parents. The list goes on. Joni Mitchell in her song, you don't know what you've got till it's gone. Meaning in this context, I didn't know what I had taken for granted until I saw it side by side with Christian beliefs. Along the way I was alerted to deceptive tactics missionaries use. Clever staging that mimics Jewish rituals and the concept that you can believe in Jesus as the Messiah and still be Jewish. My client sincerely believed that. And it was I who educated him that this is not the case. You can search for YouTube videos of Messianic services and be quite convinced they look authentically Jewish. They're wearing kippot, palasim, they have safer torres. You think you're at a Shabbat service, but you're not. These are fake Jews. Even the name Jews for Jesus is an oxymoron. You can't call yourself Jewish if you believe in Jesus. Some of the deceptive tactics include quoting scripture out of context. They'll read one part and forget about what came before and what came after. They'll create quotations that sound very authentic, but they don't exist. They don't come from anywhere. Some hold that Judaism had suppressed the truth about Jesus. Like there was a conspiracy of our sages and rabbis to suppress Jesus as a Messiah. The collective quotations sound very authentic and compelling. They're used to overwhelm the listener and provide ill-gotten authority to those speaking them. Many interpretations presented as factual are embedded with a predetermined conclusion. That is, Jesus was the Messiah and this was foretold in the Old Testament. So whatever they read has an embedded conclusion. They already know the answer. Why haven't you seen it? Christian scholars, though, are coming to the realization this is not so. One professor, Michael Rodelnik, says as follows, There is bad news for the Messianic movement. Some scholarly followers of Jesus are taking him out of the Hebrew Bible. I am convinced that an interpretive approach that negates Messianic prophecy is becoming prevalent among many scholars who believe in Yeshua. These believers adopt views that find it hard to see Messiah in the Hebrew Bible. So their claim that the Old Testament speaks about Jesus as the Messiah is finally being realized as not true. So the Christian side is divided on the infallibility of Messianic prophecy, leading to concluding that Jesus as the Messiah is being self-evident is not. I see now that my antagonist was misinformed himself. He believed wholeheartedly in the script provided to him and had not independently validated claims he uttered. He sincerely believed that you can believe in Jesus as a Messiah and still remain Jewish.  When we look at ourselves, many of our unique attributes are taken for granted. We become indifferent to our special characteristics. However, when contrasted with other belief systems, our uniqueness becomes more evident. Many examples of these differences exist, but I was unaware of them until I was alerted to them in the course of listening to the lectures from Jews for Judaism. For example, the Jewish belief of enjoying life contrasts sharply with the Christian belief they were born in sin. Like strike one, as soon as you're born you have sin from Adam. There's only one way out. As Jesus quoted in the New Testament, I am the way, the truth, and the life no one comes to the Father except through me. Failing to believe this will sentence you to eternal damnation in the afterlife in Christian theology. Judaism's Noahide laws, on the other hand, provide for the world hereafter for all non-Jews that uphold seven Noahide laws. You don't have to be Jewish to get to heaven. This is a big difference. Judaism's antidote for sin is repentance, charity, prayer, coupled with a sincere attempt to rectify any wrongdoing. Judaism's cure for sin is much more compelling, much more logical, and uplifting. The Christian concept of original sin casts a pall over life, dimming its prospects with a somber pallet. Personally, I prefer ecclesiastics, quoting, so I commend rejoicing in life because there's nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and rejoice. Having both belief systems laid side by side, it became much clearer to me how special Judaism is. There are numerous differences, and seeing them displayed could really reinforce my understanding and appreciation for our Jewish faith. This was the defining moment for me. Once the recognition of Judaism's beliefs became evident to me, the more inspired I became to learn more. The concept of the pintile yid that sparked within each Jew just looking to be fanned and turned to a flame was revived, and my Jewish awakening had begun. And for this, I give special thanks to Jews for Judaism. I became curious as to what did Judaism possess that attracted all its money and effort to drop people away from it? Why are our beliefs such anathema to the Christian world? So I came with my own answer. I believe it is because we are for the most part happy, prosperous, and a disproportionate contributor to the betterment of the world, even though we amount numerically to a statistical rounding error. The Jewish population worldwide is less than 0.2% of mankind, or should that be people-kind? According to many, we should be a forgotten footnote in the annals of time. Some other religions dismiss Judaism as a major religion, because there are so few of us. Nonetheless, Judaism had a profound influence on the founding of Christianity, Islam, and was clearly in the minds of the founding fathers of the United States. South Koreans study Talmud. Many people insist on a Jewish doctor, accountant, or lawyer are all three. Israel is a young country and has become a world leader in many areas and record time compared to its neighbors. We as a people have an enviable reputation, yet remain the perennial target of hatred and a scapegoat for all the ills of the world. Antisemitism is on the rise in Europe, United States, and remains unabated in many of the Arab countries. Yet, here we are. Israel is surrounded by enemies, targeted by terrorists, always on guard, yet Israel remains the world's 11th happiest country. Go figure. In appreciation to Jews for Judaism, I became a supporter, a volunteer, and now a speaker. As a volunteer for Jews for Judaism, I've had firsthand experience confronting Jews for Jesus advocates on street corners, libraries, or during pro-Israel events in the city. Know this. Missionaries are in our city. They're well-funded, well-organized, and looking to seduce the unwitting to their side. For example, I've seen invitations to what appears to be a Shabbat dinner in Hebrew text and vague scriptural quotations, making it look authentically Jewish, but they're meant to deceive and confuse the recipient. They prey on marginalized, poorly educated Jews for fellowship and acceptance to draw them in. I think most of the evangelicals come at this sincerely. Nonetheless, the prey on the uneducated shouldn't count as a win for them. And their support for Israel, it's great to see that, but it's no reason to embrace their position on Jewish religious matters. Take away from this was the need for education and knowledge. There's no defense to a missionary pitch that is compelling, as a dispassionate, knowledgeable, counter-offensive. How do we equip ourselves and our children with tools to fend off these challenges? The prohibit of cost of day schools combined with the abandoning of most basic Jewish traditions, like a kosher home and going to synagogue, are stark reminders that we may self-destruct without any pressure from our detractors. We need to walk the talk in order to survive as a Jewish nation. The courses offered by Jews for Judaism offer much more than counter-missionary information. They could easily be recast as a refresher course for Jewish education. Coupled with a fabulous Jews for Judaism YouTube channel with 250 videos, 21,000 subscribers, there's no reason anyone cannot become better informed and better educated. Why is this important? There are so many commonly held misbeliefs that we each have a moral responsibility to set the record straight when confronted with lies and misinformation. Boggles the mind how other religions take it upon themselves to discredit and misinterpret our sacred texts to further their own interpretation. I personally find it offensive to hear from non-Jews that the Torah is impossible to keep and that Hashem made a mistake in giving it to the Jewish people. Such arrogance. It is for these reasons I endorse the efforts of Jews for Judaism and their outreach and their prolific supply of meaningful and relevant content. While Jews do not hold by other religions' beliefs, it is not for the purpose of attracting converts to Judaism. We don't go to Christians and say, what you believe in is not true. What they want to believe in is fine. But for them to come to us and say that what we understand and read for centuries is not true, that's another story. So take some time, watch the videos, attend the lectures, become a volunteer, make a donation and stand up for Judaism whenever and wherever you can. Keeping Jews Jewish is our mutual responsibility. We cannot subcontract this duty to others. The challenges from BDS, anti-Semites, left-wing self-hating Jews, the Internet, biased news, our enemies are everywhere and sometimes overwhelming. So doing nothing is not an option. To conclude, I still have discussions with my client on business and religious matters, but now I am able to deflect, defend and reply to all of his challenges. And when he asks why Jews don't believe in Jesus as a Messiah, I simply respond that Jesus did not fulfill a single biblical Messianic prophecy. When he asked me how I became more knowledgeable and passionate about Judaism, I point to him and happily reply that he succeeded in making me a convert back to Judaism. Thank you very much.


Hi everyone, Joe for Jazky's CaseBreaks.com coming at you with 2021 Leaf Pro Set Sports. Five box, random letter break number three. It's a half case break, second half is in the store. So we're going by the first letter of their first name. So if we pull a Chloe Kim, it'll go to C, Itro goes to I, Pele goes to P, so on and so forth. Bryson DeChambeau goes to B. This will be a randomizer between F, S, B, and K. There's all the letters right there. There's all the people here. Thanks for getting in. First letters of their first name. Let's roll it, let's randomize it, four and a four. Eight the hard way, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eighth in final time. After eight, we've got Nancy down to Michael. Four and a four. Times four the letters, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eighth in final time. I agree, Ron. There are some cool cards in this set. G down to D. A lot of different sports, a lot of stuff, a lot of autos we generally don't see too often. That's right, Ron Boe, volleyball and Nancy's in this one. Classic. Nancy, hi, you got G, Chad with C.  Michael with J, Brad with B. Brad also has B. Leonard with E, Kyle with R, Howard with A, Vipple with K, Michael with F, Kyle with P, Nancy with T, Adam with no, N plus O, Michael with L, Adam with M, Carlos with Zou, Woosa, V, W, and Z, Bennett with high, H, I, Abdul with S and Michael with the D. Let's sort by column B, alphabetically, there we go, and while you're considering trades, let's pop open this fresh case and we'll see which half we're going to do, where the helix leather would be a tackle. How many cards will we get this year? Probably not very many. I don't think you'll see his autographs in too many sets, maybe in like contenders. Generally when you see those guys, but, all right, so there's five boxes on the left side, five boxes on the right side. Select a die, I like that flamingo die right here, and we'll go one, two, three for the left side, four, five, six for the right side, six, one, two, three, four, five, six. For this side, we're doing break three, we'll mark this break four, so we all know they're from the same case, you can kind of see four right there on the sticker. If you're watching live, that should be in the store already, jaspyscasebreaks.com, so you can check that out and get into it if you missed out on this time. All right, we're gonna pause the video, see if there's any trades, and when we come back, we'll have the break, stick around, BRB. All right, welcome back folks, not a whisper of a trade, so let's get on with it. This is random letter break number three. I know, we gotta replace the toner. I've done all, I've done the shaking and rattling and rolling and all that sort of stuff. I think this is as far as this toner is gonna go. Gotta have some sharp toner, not only for me to spot what the action is here, but for the shipping team as well. All right, I'll show you the front of the box that is. So this is some of the potential that you can get. Some soccer, some golf, baseball, football, all sorts of things. Disc golf, we saw in here too, probably bowling, tennis. Who knows? All right, Adam, what's going on? First one out of the gate is a one out of seven, Tim Brown from Iratus. Letter T, that goes to Nancy, and the letter T is Tim Brown, Hall of Fame wide receiver. Next up is, whoa, he's a magic man, Magic Johnson. M, Adam Kelly with M. Good start. That's right, Michael P. Once I, I'm gonna start a, I'm gonna start a blog or a video blog or maybe a Tik Tok channel or a podcast on, on toner. It's gonna be, I'm sure it's gonna take off pretty quickly. Tonertalk with your host, Joe. Hi everyone, welcome to Tonertalk with Joe, where we talk all things toner, ink and toner. Next up, Johnny Manziel, Johnny football, six out of nine. He's still playing football in the Canadian football league. I thought he had spent some time there. I don't know what he's doing now, but that goes to J, Michael P. And we got Yannis onto the compo, four out of 15. Nice, finally a champion. That's hashtag good for the hobby. G for Yannis, Nancy, why are they still putting him? I mean, they can't all be Yannis autographs, right? I guess they still have some Johnny Manziel stickers left over. Next to, we have Laurence Taylor, LT, letter L, Michael P, or Laurence Taylor. It's pretty ferocious. Really, my tower of smart speakers are giving a bio of Johnny football. Johnny Manziel, born in. Hey, Cal Ripken, Jr., six out of 30. Nice, Cal Ripken, Jr., letter C, Chad, with Cal. Next up is Ray Mercer, boxer Ray Mercer. It goes to Kyle with the letter R. Oh, and a triple auto coming up. That's a randomizer. Whoa, and a one of one. All all people in the ring. There's Mike Tyson. There's Hulk Hogan and there's George St. Pierre or St. Pierre, nice triple threat, one of one autograph. So M has a shot at it. Adam H has a shot at it. H is Bennett and G has a shot. That is Nancy. That's pretty cool. If you ever see Nick Jaspy, ask him if he thinks he thinks he can fight Mike Tyson and beat him. Next time you see Nick Jaspy, ask him about that. Nick's claim is I'm young. He's old. One day we'll do that for like charity or something. What is it? Oh, nice. We got some tennis Gregor Demetrov, tennis player. G Nancy with this G here. Yep. Nick has been saying it for years. We met Mike Tyson once at a at a at a national industry party. And I was like, that guy, you're going to still looks good. Still looks fit for his age. The charity would be, yes, would be a face operation afterwards. We'd have to maybe maybe concussion brain surgery afterwards. The last one here, nine out of 12, it's KG, Kevin Garnett. Nice. He's pretty good. K, Vipple with the letter K. And there you go. Nice. Now let's make one person happy, two people sad in this randomizer. Let's flip back to a blank list. There's some new dice right there. It's M for Mike Tyson, H for Hulk Hogan and G for George. Let's roll it. Let's randomize it. Five and a four, nine times. Letter on top gets it after nine. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. And ninth and final time. Letter on top is H that goes to Bennett Page with the H I high combo gets the triple threat. Triple auto, Mike Tyson, Hulk Hogan, George Sampierre. And it's a one of one and out of five and under get the train whistle. All aboard the Big Head Express. Thanks, everybody. I'm Joe Jaspy. That was pro set second half is in the store on Jaspy's case breaks.com. I'll see you next time for the next one. Bye bye.