horse for the speed of light, the cloud of dust, and the hearty high old silver, the Lone Ranger. Whenever men gathered around the campfire in the early days of the western United States, stories were told of the masked rider of the plains. These stories have come down to us through the generations. No one could match the Lone Ranger's strength and courage, and his daring and resourcefulness made him the greatest champion of justice the frontier ever knew. Return with us now of those thrilling days when the west was young. From out of the past, from the thundering hoof beats to the great horse Silver, the Lone Ranger rides again. The Lone Ranger and his faithful Indian companion Ponto stopped on the crest of a hill near the town of Ward's crossing to watch a curious sight on the trail below them. What's that fellow in the buggy think he's up to, Kimosabi? Maybe him local. He's certainly behaving that way. Look there, he's deliberately forcing that horse to run away with him. There, he's tossed away the reins. We're stopping. They'll be close to town before we can reach them, but we'll try. Come on, The Lone Ranger and Tonto were not the only ones to see the runaway, however. Young Pete Mander saw the careening buggy that he rode from his cabin toward the main trail. One look and he spurred his horse forward. Come on, fella.  Road is mangled and soon was bearing down on the horse and buggy. He shouted encouragement to the portly middle-aged man who clung to the buggy's sides as though in fear of his life. Hang on, Mr. Duffy. I'll stop your horse. Hang on there. Get up, fella.  All of this for this bridle. That's it, boy. I don't reckon you'll be running again for a spell. Hey, boy. Are you all right, Mr. Duffy? One heart and none, will you? I thought I'd turn over. They've had such a scare. All my good gracious, I can hardly give my breath. You'll be all right. Here, here's your reins. If we can get them the rest of the way to town without any more trouble. Oh, yes, yes. Yes, of course. Well, if you're all right, I'll be getting along. No, no, wait.  Oh, shucks. I reckon I didn't do nothing like that.  Oh, but you did. I insist. Well, anybody would... It makes me feel very ashamed. Very ashamed. What's that? Well, I mean, after all, we've never been very good friends. You owed me nothing. Oh, forget it. I've never had nothing again, Mr. Duffy. There's anything I can do to show you how grateful I am. How much I appreciate what you did. Oh, she talks nothing at all. Wait. Yes? Maybe this is my lucky day. You really meant that about wanting to do something for me? Of course, of course. Then quit trying to keep me from seeing Kate. She ain't your daughter, Mr. Duffy. She's just your ward. When you come right down to it, you ain't got no real right to try and keep us apart. But of course you can see her, my boy. Of course, any time. Huh?   Ridiculous. I couldn't help wondering. Nonsense, my boy. Nonsense. When a man comes as close to cashing in this chips as I did just now, I reckon it does something for him. Helps him to see things straight. I regret very much the trouble we've had in the past. Well, I'll be dogged gone. And just yesterday, you was promising to nail my hide to the calaboos. I spoke hastily, I'm afraid. Sure, no hard feelings. Well, if I'm really hearing this, and not just payment it way, you can look for me out your way tonight. Tell Kate that, huh? Tell her I'll be showing up around sundown. Glad to. Glad to. Well, I'll have to be going on. Oh, one moment. Yeah? Now what? Well, your trousers. You must rip them again the buggy. Huh? Well, dog gone if I didn't. It's all bad, too. Oh, just a second. Oh, but that's all I get. I feel it was my fault. It was my fault. Here, take this. It's nothing much. Just enough to pay for having them fixed. Oh, now, Mr. Duffy, I couldn't take no cash. Oh, it's just a dollar. It's no more now. Oh, here, take it. Here, absolutely insist. Well, if you won't have it no other way. Take it, take it. Thank you. Don't mention it. Then we'll be seeing you this evening, huh? Sure thing. Fine. Fine, my boy. Mr. Duffy. Yes? I reckon I've been just as mistaken about you as you've been about me. Well, I just want you to know I've changed my mind. You're all right. Thank you. Thank you, my boy. Good day. Good day.  Get up there.  Crazy old cozy, ain't he, fella? Agree with me, huh, boy? Well, I don't blame you.  Well, there ain't no countin' for human nature. Come on. Gotta get back to the cabin and change my duds.  Come on. The lone ranger in Toronto, seeing that the man in the buggy was not in need of their aid, had turned back and made camp. Later that day, Tonya went to town for supplies. When he returned, he had a strange story to tell. The lone ranger listened in silence, then... Tell her. You mean to say they really arrested that young fellow? Uh, him same fella. They found a thousand-dollar bill in his possession? That's right. And the fellow in the buggy claimed he was held up, and the thousand-dollar stolen from him. Is that right? Uh, what's his name? Him name Duffy. And the young fellow? Him Pete Manders. Taddo, you and I know that Pete didn't hold up Duffy. All he did was stop the buggy after the horse had started it. Taddo. What matter? Look, this whole thing had been arranged in advance. What you mean? As you remember, we saw Duffy deliberately frighten his horse into running away. Uh-huh. How to remember? What if Duffy had known that Pete was close by? What if Duffy had planned for Pete to stop his horse? Knowing that from a distance, it might look as though Pete had stopped him against his will. Hmm. As a matter of fact, you say there were two or three witnesses who claimed to see that very thing. Isn't that what them say? Yesterday, according to your story, Pete and Duffy had a public fight over the fact that Duffy refused to let Pete call on his ward, Kate Freeman. They both made all kinds of threats. Today, Duffy claims he was held up. He identifies the thousand-dollar bill found in Pete's possession to prove it. And Pete finds himself in jail. Taddo, the whole thing fits. Uh-huh. The sheriff goes to Pete's cabin and finds him changing clothes. The sheriff and Duffy accuse him of getting ready to escape. Pete denies it. claims he never realized it wasn't a dollar bill that Duffy had given him. Who'd believe a story like that? The first place, Duffy's a rancher. He's supposed to know how to handle horses. Very idea that a horse could run away with him would be laughed at. Not right. But granting that's true. Who'd believe Duffy would give Pete money under any circumstances, after the quarrels they've had? Hmm. But even if he went so far as to accept that, how would you explain a man being careless enough to hand over a thousand-dollar bill thinking at a one? It keeps strange. It isn't strange, Taddo. What do you think? The sheriff evidently didn't believe that story and neither do I. Uh-huh. The sheriff doubts Pete. And I doubt Duffy. Here's over. Call Scout, Kimosabi. Uh-huh. Here's Scout. What we do. Taddo, there's more behind this than Duffy's dislike of Pete. If only an insane man would frame another under circumstances like these. Or what do you think? Or a man very badly frightened. We'll find out which is true. Come on, Scout. Get him up, Scout. Come on. That evening, Pete Manders confined to a cell in the jail at Ward's Crossing tried to convince the sheriff of his innocence.  If I'd been crooked, you'd have found it out longer for this. I swear every word I told you's the truth. You've got to believe me. Pete? If it was just your word against Duffy's, maybe I would. Well, ain't it? No. But Clem Wiggins and Porky Roberts and Jeff Swenson all saw you grab Duffy's horse and stop his buggy. That showed you was up to something right there. Well, there was a runaway, I'll tell you. Pretty thin, Pete. Oh, blasted, old sheriff. Do you think I'm all together crazy? Do you think I'd do anything to spoil things with Kate? I don't reckon that would have worried you much. Kate wouldn't believe anything against you if she seen you do it with her own eyes. Oh, talk sense. I am. That's how some women are. Don't set right, somehow, chef. No one you think I'd turn crooked. I don't, huh? But you've been saying that... That I think you held up Duffy and took that $1,000 bill off of him. Well, I do. But I knew you.  You've done more crazy, fool things around here just on the spur of the moment than any other dozen fellas in town. I can see how it was. You were so vile and mad at Duffy, you wasn't thinking straight. You saw him coming, and all of a sudden, you got the notion of how to rile him.  Well, I wouldn't exactly call that crooked. But under the law, it don't matter.   I think so. So I'll get sentenced to at least a couple of years. Well, it depends pretty much on Duffy. I'll ask him to go right on you. Uh-huh, a fine chance of that. He'd like to see me in jail for life. Oh, it won't be that bad. Anything at all is bad enough when you haven't got it coming to you. I'm sorry, Pete, but I just can't waste no more time here talking to you. I got other things to look at. Look, chef, you say Duffy wouldn't frame me because he wouldn't have no reason to. But I tell you, he has. He's got a plenty good reason, the best. And I can tell you... Pete, you've done nothing but slander, Duffy, ever since you've gone with Kate. I've had my fill of a chair. I won't listen no more. But, chef, you ain't heard what I meant to tell you. If you'd just listened for a minute... Who would say you... Pete, what the... Look here, here at the window. Who's there? I've been waiting until the sheriff left. Masked man. Suppose you'd tell me what the sheriff wouldn't wait to hear. After Peter confided in the Lone Ranger, the masked man gave him certain instructions. Then... Yes, danger. I read just what you asked me. Take it. Thanks. Kate will know you're running. Sure. She does let you convince her that I'm on your side. Stranger, you say you saw Duffy start that runaway of purpose. I didn't. But you can't tell the law that? Of course I can. But do you think the law would believe me? No. Now wearing that mask, I don't reckon it wouldn't. But you believe me? To know what you'd have to gain by lying about it. Side me sure didn't get you much. What you told me about Duffy, are you sure of the facts? Mm-hmm. But I couldn't prove him. He administers Kate's estate. He's got full charge till she marries. That's the way her Paul willed it when he died. And you're convinced he's been looting the estate, huh? Oh, gone right I am. What else could he have... again me? He knows blame well if me and Kate got hitched, I could call for an accountant. I'll bet anything you'd care to name if the estate was investigated, Duffy'd find himself in a fix he couldn't snake out of. He wasn't unfriendly until he saw Kate might marry you? Tamed in the skunk to be friendly to anybody. But he wasn't downright again me before then. I see. Look, Stranger, what are you scheming? One moment, another question. Kate, would she have the courage to defy her guardian? What do you mean? Would she go against these orders? Well, that'd depend. Suppose she knew it was the only way in which you could be helped. Would she then? No, Stranger. Maybe you'll think I'm patting myself on the back, but I'll figure she would. Fine, I'm glad to hear it.  I'm not certain yet myself, but I have the beginning of an idea. You can. And once the details are worked out, I believe it'll free you. If it does, you can work miracles. As long as a man's innocent, it doesn't require miracles to prove it. Well, you ain't good acquainted with Duffy yet. I hope to know him better. Dog on, if I don't think you do. Only I've got a kind of a hunch Duffy maybe won't be so pleased about it. I think I'll be getting... Hey, Pete! Who's at your door until the window? It's a chef. Right. You better be going. Yep, but I'll see you again. I ask you now... House Hilmer, how are... We curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger drama. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Not a continue our story. The Lone Ranger raced out of town, and when he came to the place where Tado was waiting for him, he called to the faithful Indian without stopping. Tado! Follow me! Hurry, old fella! Where do we go? To the Freeman place. Kate Freeman lives there with a guardian. Sir! Come on, Hilmer! Hurry, old fella!  Hurry! In the living room of the ranch house, Kate faced her guardian defiantly.  He's in jail for it. Pete's no thief. He's a no good coward. No, you can't say those things. You have no right. You've done something terrible. Lie, trick them. I know you have. Oh, you think that, eh? I do. I do. Come here. No. All right. Oh, please. So I tricked you, man. You did. Man! Let go. Reganel, hold... What the... Stay outside, Tado. Bisc! Pete! What's this fella been doing? Keep still. Let her speak for herself. Who are you? That doesn't matter. If you're after Kate... I'm not. I'm here to speak to Kate. Kate, I've had a talk with Pete Manders at the jail. I've just come from there. You... You have? Yes. Don't talk to this fella. If you do, I'll... Yes? Madden. I suppose what you started to say is that if she talked, you'd try some more persuasion on her. Such as twisting her arm, as I saw you do through the window. Oh, yes. Quiet.  I'll all hear about this stranger. I imagine it will. I told you, Kate, I'd seen Pete. Here. This is the message to you that he wrote. Take it. What does it say? It merely explains that I'm on Pete's side, but read it for yourself. Ah. So he's been trailing with crooks, eh? Has he? Ain't you one? We're not alike, Duffy. In other words, I'm not. Pete asked me to do whatever you suggest. Yes. Now, look here. I'll tell you for the last time to remain quiet until you're spoken to. If you don't, you'll regret it. Kate, what you do is Pete asks. I don't know who you are, what you want. I want to help you both. I happen to know that your guardian here tricked Pete. That's why he's in jail now. I knew it. I knew it. Befriend Pete in order to prevent your marriage. That's a lie. What? Eh, nothing. That's better. As I said, he didn't want you and Pete to marry. But even though Pete's in jail, that's no reason why you shouldn't marry him if you have faith in him. You mean get married now? Within a day or two. She can't. Why not? I won't give my permission. He's of age. What's your permission got to do with it? She can't get married. That's all she can't. That depends upon her. Well, Kate? I don't know what to say.  I'll take you where you'll be safe. You won't be able to harm you. And if he attempts it, well, he'll be sorry for it. What's your answer? Yes, I will. Two hours later, the masked man rained in before a second ranch house. Oh, oh, that's over. Oh, one, two, three. Here, I'll help you down. Thank you. You know these people? They're friends of mine, good friends. How about your guardian? Will he be able to trace you here? No, I'm sure he won't. These people are your friends? Wouldn't he think of them? I don't think so. But it won't matter. They'd never tell him I'm here if I asked them not to. Good. I must be getting back to town. People want to know what's happened. Stranger. Yes? Your will prove he's not guilty, won't you? I will. I promise. If you do, I'll never forget. The masked man rode to town, where he spoke briefly to Pete Manders a second time. Then he returned to camp. Oh, oh, there's a little bit. Oh, boy, oh. Tando, what did Duffy do after I took Kate away? He did not leave. That means he'll wait until the morning to report this to the sheriff. Ah, good. We'll not have to watch him any more tonight. Not right. Well, Tando, we've played our part. What happens now depends upon who was telling the truth. Duffy or Pete? The sheriff had hardly sat down at his desk the following morning when the door of his office burst open.  Oh, morning, Duffy. You're out bright and early today. Look here, sheriff. Huh? Can Kate get married without my say so? What's that? You heard me. Don't she have to have my permission? Shucks. I don't see why. If that was so, you could see to it she never got hitched till you'd caged in. That don't make sense. Why, what's happened? Well, even if she can get married, she can't marry a jailbird, can she? Oh, I'm beginning to savvy. She and Pete make a plan? That ain't none of your business. Maybe not. But Jane answered me. Well, it ain't common for anybody to marry someone in the Calibus. But it's been done. Don't see nothing illegal in it. You mean to say that if Kate come here and said she and Pete Manders aim to get hitched, you'd let him? Uh-huh. I reckon I would. Then you ought to have that bet. Yours took away. I tell you they can't. Won't stand for it.  I'll see to it there ain't no wedding. Seems to me you're getting mighty upset about nothing. Pete ain't said nothing about this. How do you know they're planning anything? Oh, I know it all right. Yeah? And when I tell how the whole thing was fixed up by a mask, fella, you let talk to Pete while he's in jail, you'll hear plenty about it. Mask, fella, huh? That must be the fella I chased away last night. Well, that's your last word on it, eh? If they want to marry, you let them. Well, they're old enough to know their own mind. Yeah? Well, we'll see about that. What are you figuring to do? I'm riding over to Toby Wells and ask Judge Felix about it. I'll be back late tomorrow. And if they're hitched between now and then, the judge says it's again the law, you'll be the sorryest sheriff this town ever seen. That evening, having finished supper, the Sheriff chuckled over his encounter with Duffy while he prepared to return to his office. You've never seen anybody any madder, Sophie. Fit to be tied, he was. On his way right now to ask Judge Felix about it over to Toby Wells. Hand me my coat, will you, honey? Here you are, honey. Wonder why he's so dead set again them two young folks getting married. Well, it isn't hardly the thing, is it? With Pete in jail and not knowing how long you'll be there? Yeah, but Duffy was again at long before that. I know.  And separate a couple as bound to marry as they are. Well, just remember it's none of your business. Do what you think is right and legal and let other folks work out their lives by themselves. Oh, sure. Well, time for me to leave. Won't keep the office open late tonight, I reckon. You needn't expect me to leave. Bye. Get home as soon as you can, John. You bet. A little brown jug filled with mountain dew, fresh from the stands for the... Ooh, that's steady, boy. That's steady, steady. Already, Sheriff? That won't last. Don't reach for that gun. Are you blind ahead? Follow my orders and don't call for help. Taken completely by surprise, the Sheriff had no choice. The Root pointed out that the mask man took them by a roundabout way to the far side of the jail. There they took cover in the deep shadows cast by a clump of trees. The mask man spoke softly to his great stallion and... Oh, oh, fellow, oh, here. This mount. Mr. What's the ID? You'll find that soon enough. In the meantime, don't make a sound that isn't necessary. And keep yourself hidden. The horses won't be seen. Oh, kid, Rob, what the... We stay here until we get a signal from an Indian friend of mine. They may be here just a few minutes. And we may be here for the better part of the night. What on thunder fur?  An hour passed. Each time the worried Sheriff tried to ask a question, the lone ranger silenced him. A second hour went by. And then? That's it. That's what? That call, the call of an owl. That's a signal I've been waiting for. Yeah? And I promise you, Sheriff, if you make any kind of a sound now, I'll gag you. But what are we here for, quiet? What's the far corner of the jail? Don't see nothing. Oh, wait. I don't see anything. I don't see nothing. Oh, wait. Now, that shadow. That shadow moving against the wall. See, it's hard to make out, but... Yeah, yeah, I do. Somebody's sneaking along outside the cells. Right. Hey, what are you going to do with that gun? Watch me. He stopped. Isn't that the wind of the pizza? It is. He's looking in. He's got a gun. He's aiming it. Careful.  Let him. But now. He fired. There he goes. Come on, Sheriff. Tunnel, he's doubling back toward you. Get him, Tunnel. Get him. The man who screamed when the gun was shot from his hand by the Lone Ranger tried to escape. But Tunnel stopped him and dragged him toward the masked man in the shower. Let go. I'll kill him. Let me go. Good work, Tunnel. Who buys a great horned owl duffy? Take him inside. You come. I'll give you a hand with him, Tunnel. But when I saw it, he said, don't beware. That was his alibi. In with you. Come on, let's wait back to the sales. Murdered PD, he probably would have cut across Kettering and got to Adobe Wells before morning. He would have talked to the judge, returned here the next evening, and you would never have suspected that he was the killer. But how? Peter can tell you're part of it. Get the skunk. Right here. And he's going behind bars? Where do you stay put? There. Get in there.  He didn't touch it, did he, Peter? Sharks, no. I done just like you said. Rolled up a pillow in my coat and laid it on the bunk like it was me. The coat sure got punctured, but there's no harm done as long as I wasn't inside it. What did you say Pete could tell me? Go ahead, Pete. Well, just what I was going to tell you before, Chef, but you wouldn't listen. I know doggone well that Duffy's been stealing from Kate's ranch. It's a lie. It ain't true. Kate's stealing.  But I tell you. Sheriff, I knew that Duffy had framed Pete on the charge of theft he swore against him. But I also knew there was no use in my trying to convince you of the truth until I could expose Duffy's motive. Pete Warren, guilty after all? You'll still have to take just my word for it. But it's true. He wasn't. Duffy framed him to prevent his marrying, his warden.  I aim to hear the rest of this. Pete supplied me with Duffy's motive. There was just one way to expose him. Duffy had to be tricked into believing that even with Pete in jail, his scheme had failed. Yeah? You mean all that talk about getting hitched? Right. If Pete were married to Kate, he could force Duffy to make an accounting of his administration of her estate. Duffy couldn't afford that because it would reveal his thefts. He had just one thing left to make absolutely sure the wedding would never occur. Then that's why he tried to drill Pete. It is. Pete was warned ahead of time, of course, so that he was in no danger. And Kate was hidden so that Duffy couldn't attempt her life instead. And Pete was the only one he could get at. Duffy, that makes you out as just about the lowest thing around these parts. None of it's true, I tell you. It's all just a peg of lies. They skidded us together. You wouldn't have tried to drill Pete unless you had a mighty good reason. And that, and if it's so, Pat, I reckon it's the one. Listen to me, sir. Anyhow, it won't take long to look into things while you're in jail and get at the truth.  But how about me, chef? You going to keep me here, too? Well, I don't know.  That ain't what I was thinking of. You can go free on just one condition. What's that? Is it me and Sophie get an invite to your wedding? Chef, just try and stay away.  The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.


That's neat. Thank you. Okay, good. Great. So I'll start with an overview of the main state government. Wow, can't get used to sharing my screen and I can't figure out how stuff works. Sorry, everyone. The main state government has three branches. Each of them are an equal rank to each other and each branch has its own duties and responsibilities. So the executive branch includes the governor and their administration. The legislative branch includes the state senate and the state house. And the judicial branch includes the state judges and courts. Now we can go a little more into detail. So the executive branch approves or vetoes laws. It's headed by the governor, which is currently Janet Mills. The executive branch executes laws that are passed by the legislature. It's responsible for calling the senate and house to session. And the governor cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. The judicial branch interprets the law. It's headed by the main supreme court. It's responsible for answering requests by the governor and the legislature to issue opinions on current or proposed bills. The judicial branch also includes lower courts like the district and superior courts. And now the legislative branch. So the executive branch is in charge of writing, developing and amending laws. In Maine, there are 35 state senators. There are also 151 state representatives plus three spots for non voting members in the house representing the Penobscot nation, the personal quality tribe and the Holton band of malice Indians. The senate members are reelected every two years. And the leadership of the legislature is elected by legislators and includes the 10 legislators on the legislative council, a speaker of the house and a senate president. At the election on November 8 of this year, mayors voted on various offices, including positions in the judiciary, executive and legislative branches. The results that are important to us as we plan for bills this session are the executive, which is governor Mills and the legislature. The legislature for the 131st session is composed of 82 Dems, 67 Republicans and two independence and tribal members. On the senate side, there are 22 Democrats and 13 Republicans. The governor is also a Democrat. So over to Ezra to talk about the basics of how a bill becomes a law in Maine. All right. Thank you Laura. Yeah, so basically a bill starts its process by being submitted by a legislator, maybe the legislator came up with the idea themselves or maybe they got the idea from a constituent or something they wanted to see change in their community. It's then printed by the revisers office, given an official LD number. And these stands for legislative document, and then it's assigned to a committee related to the other bills topic. So in this system there are 17 joint standing committees and each one has a different focus. So for example, later you'll hear about legislation that began in the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee. Each committee is made up of 13 total legislators. And because the house is much bigger than the Senate, there are three senators and three and 10 representatives on each one of these committees. After that, the legislation is scheduled for a public hearing. These can begin as early as January and often go as late as May. And the, when the session usually ends around May or even early June. Yeah, and the public hearing is when we usually take our chance to impact the bill, but you'll learn more about that later. I don't want to spoil anything. Yeah, so after the public hearing the bill scheduled for a work session. That's where they rework the bill based on maybe based on stuff they heard during the public hearing. The bills may be revised and it's rewritten to become a final product. And sometimes it takes multiple work sessions for this process to be completed. After all these sessions are over, the bills voted on by the committee, there's different statuses for bills after they're voted on. There's a unanimous ought to pass. Everyone thinks it should have passed. It should pass. There's a ought to pass as amended. There's a ought not to pass. And then what's also common is that there's a divided report where some members of the committee say ought to pass. Maybe some members of the committee say it ought to pass as amended. Some members of the committee say ought not to pass it off. But if it has a majority ought to pass or ought to pass as amended kind of violence, that's much worse than that. But like, if that's the tone and the votes are trending in the ought to pass direction. It, sorry, it goes back to the House of Origin. So if a senator sponsored the bill and led the effort, it goes back to Senate for representatives it goes back to the House of Representatives. So then it will have its first and second reading in this chamber. This will involve debate and maybe amendments will get added at the point, at this point. After that, it's what's called pass to be engrossed. And once something is passed to be engrossed, it's sent to the other chamber. So if it started in the Senate, it goes to the House of Representatives. But then it will. The other chamber can pass it to be engrossed. If that happens, it goes to the House of Representatives for enactment and then to the Senate for enactment. After all of this is done. Finally, it heads to the governor. The governor has a few options. So the governor can sign the bill into law. The governor can choose to veto the bill. So the governor chooses to veto the bill goes back to the chambers and if two thirds of each chamber decide to override the governor's veto the bill becomes law anyway. Also, the governor can neither sign nor veto and at that point, the legislation will become law without the governor signature after 10 days. So this is something that is kind of a niche scenario, but it's called a pocket veto where the governor decides not to sign it, but oh no, there are fewer than 10 days left in the legislative session so it doesn't become law and it's basically a veto without having the political baggage of vetoing the bill. Yeah, so sometimes there are bills that are time sensitive, and this is called emergency legislation, and if two thirds of both chambers agree that it's emergency legislation it will come to pass immediately so an example of that was the home committee heating an emergency rental assistance bill that recently passed and then if it's not an emergency, or they decided the two thirds fails, it will take 90 days after the legislature adjourns for it to become law. All right. But how do we come into this picture to answer that question I'll pass it to Anna. So testimony and public process, how and through what tools can constituents weigh in. So there was a long complicated process from idea to a bill, but an every step in the way, you can pitch in. If you have an idea for a bill, you can actually go to your representative or your senator and say this is what's important to me, you don't have to know how to write policy. You don't have to have a bill written part of what they do in the State House is write bills. So either the representative could write it for you, or, or just send the idea to their rises office and they'll write it as well and then it would go through review. So that's part of it is contacting your legislators about bill ideas and specific bills at the very beginning. Or on the flip side, if you're like, Oh, I really just want to help things that are already happening. I don't necessarily have my own, my own thoughts here. You can also just support bills that are already moving their way through. Or you can also ask folks, you know, say you're really into public transit, but that may already be a bill already. You can reach out to folks at organizations like Sierra Club main or many action or me for climate justice, any of these organizations and say, Hey, do you know of a bill that is working on blank. And that is a really great way to get informed of what you're interested in. So then it's, how do you support that bill. Well, often there are a ton of ways to support each bill is each bill has its own steps that it needs to take. Maybe that specific initiative really needs everyone to tweet or really needs there to be an art build or a strike. So often the people who are organizing behind that bill have ideas but acting as an individual you also have a lot of options. You can do education, your community. You can try to get as many folks as possible to submit testimony. You can write your own testimony, which we will just talk a little bit about how to do. And you can also do public opinion pieces like writing your local newspaper or participating in public forums. The great thing about writing to your local newspaper is that if you write a letter in your local newspaper about a piece of client policy, you can very easily turn that letter into a piece of testimony and then send it in as your testimony in support of a bill. So it's also a really good idea to contact your legislators about those called up and just say hey, I'm your constituent and I support this a very simple call they just want to hear that you care. And I think the most tangential like the what kind of comes farther down the line, but it's still there is electing legislators who you know care about your values. Because that will eventually, they will eventually then hopefully vote yes on bills that you care about as well or front no depending on the bill if you don't want to pass. And the other great thing about kind of advocating for bills is that it can seem scary, and it can seem like there's a lot to do, but luckily a lot of organizations already have resources for this sort of thing. And so I'm able to be sending some links in the chat on a, you know, where to submit testimony, sending the main action guide on how to advocate for legislation. And like I mentioned, there's all these different organizations who can stay here in the right direction. So if you really want to independently write your own testimony to submit, that's great. There's a lot of wider movement of people for a specific bill or initiative. That's also great. There's no wrong way to weigh in, but there's many different routes to go. And these are just a few of them. And so this information will be in this presentation but also a lot of this information around testimony and writing letter to editor is in the main youth action advocacy guide which on your set a link to in the chat. Thank you so much, Anna. And just seeing in the chat to from Becky about legislators really liking to hear from constituents. And just have to agree. Yeah. Yeah, lobbyists are most of the people that reach out and so you as an individual constituent have have a lot of power. So with that, I am going to pass it over to to Amara to talk a bit about a bill that she worked on, and to share an example of kind of the process that Ezra talked about earlier. Thanks so much, Ania. So, as a senior in high school actually so 18 or so. I joined this working group. This was a working group of youth and community partners who really wanted to convene a space to talk about climate education. In my high school I received no formal instruction on climate where the environment, and it was something that I was really passionate about, and it had self stopped those opportunities so I was really excited to just have a space to talk to folks about this interest and passion. What I didn't know is that the working group would ominate into a tremendous advocacy working group that actually advocated for climate education to be featured in the state's four year climate action plan, which was I think just celebrated its two year mark just last December.  On the next slide, I'm describing a retreat that the working group actually had. And this retreat, we decided to go forward with a bill in the main legislature. A lot of us hadn't had any experience in advocacy and policy up until that point. I had no experience up until that point. We had a lot of folks who shared that as well. However, there was a number of factors in our favor. There was a budget surplus with the legislature and also the legislative and executive leadership that had showed a lot of promise on climate action, also weighing that we had some hurdles. It was a short session so the session is typically two years, the first year being the longer session, and then the second year being the shorter session, which is usually the emergency session. And so in the emergency session, a lot less bills are heard, a lot less of them actually make it through the legislative council process. And so that actually ended up being our biggest hurdle was that after we had decided to go forth with the bill, and we had our wonderful bill sponsor representative, representative Lydia Bloom, the bill did not make it out of legislative council. And so we kind of just thought, hey, you know, that was a good run, we will try again next year. But myself, Anya and a couple other of the working group members had actually convened an information session for legislators to understand a little bit more about the context of the bill. And I think it's really important to ensure that folks actually know what it is you are asking for in these in these bills. And so a lot of the legislators had actually thought that the bill was a mandate for climate education. And so we had had the opportunity to clarify that and some legislators had actually came to the listening session, and we were able to appeal that legislative council decision and so the bill did go ahead and move for in the main legislature last session. As far as our advocacy approach is concerned, that's on the next slide. There were a number of steps in this process that both Ezra and Anna just described, and the first one being testimonies and public hearing so up until that point I had never testified before and I was incredibly nervous. I just like remember like being kind of a mess the morning of testimony and one of the legislators actually unmuted themselves because we were still on zoom at that point.  And it was in that moment I realized these are these are people. They have their lives they have their everyday things that they're doing they're tending to goats which is a pretty cool thing to be doing. And so I think that helped to take a lot of the pressure off of testifying. And so in the public hearing, it was the Education subcommittee that heard the bill and it made it out of the committee, which was awesome. The next step was really grassroots advocacy so I wrote my first letter to the editor and supported a number of other people and writing theirs. Also did some lobbying reaching out directly to legislators about the the bill and seeing what questions they had and building a grassroots campaign, which included the Youth Day of Action which there's actually a photo up on the slide here. And so one of the bills that the Youth Day of Action focused around and I think it was a huge success the Youth Day of Action, and it really went to legislators understanding how important this bill as well as a number of other bills were really important to main And so the bill passed in the House, it passed in the Senate and then the big next step was the appropriations table where it would be determined if the bill would get any money. And so, after the bill passed in both the House and Senate, the bill was actually funded at $2 million over $2 million was $2.1 million. And on the next side here you'll see the governor signing the bill into law that was done in May of last year. And funds will be included in the budget for this year so I think the Department of Education is actually going to be administering the grant program that the bill supports, and educators will be able to apply for grant funds so that they're able to receive the professional development they need to introduce climate education into their classrooms. Overall, it was incredibly empowering experience to be a part of this process. And I've learned a tremendous amount about legislative advocacy through it. I think now I'm going to go ahead and pass it to Anna for another example of a legislative bill. Yeah, so another example of what can happen with certain bills this one doesn't have a slide just basic so quick story is that last session. There was work on a bill called the Pine Tree Amendment. And at the time the Pine Tree Amendment was LD 489. The LD numbers change every year so if, for example, we you reintroduce a bill that didn't pass it's going to it would have a different LD number. But last session it was LD 489. And the Pine Tree Amendment would secure the constitutional right for manors to clean water clean air in a healthy environment, which means that there'd be, you know, constitutional grounds to defend in natural resources. Those rights were ever infringed upon. And this is a very important bill to make sure that environmental rights are for everyone.  And so that we can protect what we love about Maine. Unfortunately, though, a constitutional amendment needs a lot of votes, a lot more than just a simple majority because it would amend the main constitution. It's two thirds of the House and the Senate. And the Pine Tree Amendment fell just short of two thirds in the House, which means that what it's called the bill dies. A more typical bill, it would die if it just didn't get a majority, but amendment also dies if it doesn't get two thirds. So it's a sad thing when a bill dies, but it doesn't mean that the movement or the idea is dead. Because the people are still working. Folks are still onto it. And there's more to do. And you can reintroduce bills. There's nothing saying that if a bill doesn't get passed, you can't go for it again. So if a bill dies one session, it can, you know, be brought back to life. And I don't believe there is a way to ban a bill from ever being reintroduced or just saying like a definite no. And so the Pine Tree Amendment is coming back this session. And someone mentioned like how can you learn more about, you know, upcoming legislation. The Pine Tree Amendment in the website I just linked has a newsletter which is a good way to get updates. But so that's an example of what happens if a bill is vetoed. In terms of, you know, what other things that can go wrong. I just want to share another quick story is that I don't know if we mentioned it in the when we talked about bills going from, you know, idea to law but there's also around a confirmation votes with the Senate in the house. Look at a bill and kind of say yes again, even if they already voted yes on it. It's just it's just like a double check sort of thing. And like 99% of the time, the bill if a bill went through the first real round of votes, it's fine with the confirmation votes. Sometimes, but sometimes not necessarily. And that can happen. And so, for example, two legislative sessions ago, there was a bill that was considered pretty radical it was a fossil fuel divestment bill that would take means money out of the fossil fuel industry. I was new to the legislative session then, and I didn't understand what confirmation votes were. So I we so once it got past the Senate. We all like put it all over social media and we're like it passed we did it we're done. And everyone was like wait no and you still did the confirmation votes. And if the information gets out before the confirmation votes there's a chance that senators maybe like, oh no this crazy bill we should never have said yes to this. That's why it's really good to have public education like this and then there isn't sort of those missteps that could accidentally lead to a bill not going as far as you like. Thanks so much Anna. Um, so that is the end of our formal presentation part of this evening. I know we just threw a ton of information at you all. So I would love to just open it up. If any of the presenters have things that you'd like to add that you forgot about or want to, you know, add to from your presentation go for it but would also love to open it up for questions.


Let's go and make a journal entry as of 08 Let's say 30 2 5 and we're gonna say that this is going to be an expense account which is going to be What do we want to call it Amazon? charges Amazon Charges, I'll just make up an expense account. You can put it in the cost of goods sold If you want I'm just gonna put it in the expense for now so so You could put it into cost goods sold though, but I'm gonna say let's say other business Amazon charges and We're gonna say that was for two oh nine eighty three two oh nine point eight three and The other side is gonna go into the Amazon sales Sales Amazon so this will increase the Amazon sales with a credit because it goes up with a credit and The Amazon charges will be an expense account which you could put into cost of goods sold and I'll save and close and back to the income statement and So now we've just basically said okay that should tie out to my 1099 so the IRS is happy and And and then I'm just assuming that the difference was Charges of some kind that I lumped into charges and then down here. We've got the net income which basically is the same I In either case so we just adjusted it to get the top line to to match what is being reported as Sales assuming that that is the correct thing to do that would be the easiest thing to do but you don't get a lot of detail in terms of what the actual charges were and that's not ideal especially for Internal bookkeeping purposes also if you had sales tax that you needed to track then You're gonna have to come up with some way to do that although with the Amazon Situation Amazon might be responsible for a lot more of the sales tax situations Then if you were in a Shopify kind of situation now the next method is we can say okay I'm gonna pull this information in and enter a journal entry According to this whole detail that I pulled in every two weeks that I'm gonna pull in related to the deposits and It's summarizing multiple sales So it's not like I'm pulling in every transaction But I'm gonna take my deposit detail and and try to get my financial statements to have more information So then I'm gonna enter a transaction that looks more like this So let's pull this in in and do that method So I'm gonna go back on over and we'll do this on Nine one so now I'm gonna enter a journal entry So we're gonna do the same thing again with a different method this time to tie out to this deposit so we'll say let's enter a journal entry and I'm just gonna go through each of these line items on and I'm gonna gonna make up an account for it to go to So each of these line items we did this in a prior presentation We decided that all of these items that make up that Deposit is gonna be going into these accounts. So if I don't have these accounts, I will make them up as I go So we've got Amazon charges so Amazon Amazon Charges Let's do that. This is gonna be as of by the way. Oh nine. Let's say thirty two five And that's gonna be 9026 90.26 and then we've got Amazon charges a couple more times so we'll say Amazon Charges again, this is gonna be 16 on the credit 16 was that even Steven and then again, that's not Amazon charges Okay, the heck posse oh Amazon Amazon Charges Amazon charges All right Don't be messing up like that Amazon charges again, and this one's gonna go to 17 do I really have to deal with these pennies crying out loud? All right, then we're on Amazon FBA fees all right Amazon Son FBA fees I'm gonna say tab and I'm gonna set that up again We could put it in a cost of goods sold I count or an expense account. I'm just gonna expense them for now It's you know, so I won't get into the details on that and and we'll look at the custom where like the integration for For Amazon within QuickBooks automatically sets up the accounts later And I think they put it to cost of goods sold so and we'll take a look at that later But I'm just gonna put it into other Expense there it is boom and that's gonna be for $87 87 and then we're gonna say that we're on Amazon sales. All right Amazon sales But hold on a second don't I have a sale sales Amazon? There we go and that one is for that should be a credit it's gonna be for Amazon 701 All right 701 So it's quite of a tedious activity to do this, but Amazon refunds. All right ammo Amazon refunds All right, let's add it I'm gonna say it's gonna be an income account because this is gonna be a contra income account for the Refunds they come back to us. So I'm gonna say other primary income Amazon refunds and that was for 9988 so 9988 is that right? 98 98 Pick it up correctly All right, and the next one is seller fees and charges again. All right, so I'm gonna say Amazon charges and That one three dollars They're just nitpicking me Nickel and diamond nickel and diamond me to death. It's just like the IRS does Amazon Amazon charges Amazon charges 108 All right 1.08 Okay, and then we've got Amazon shipping Income Amazon Shipping income I'll make up an account It's gonna be an income type of account because this is what we're charging for the shipping We're collecting the shipping in this case. I'm gonna say other income Amazon shipping boom Chaka locker $21 $21 and Then we got Amazon shipping again. So ultra vase Amazon shipping income and This one is 11 on the debit side 11 something 1144 I can't remember four numbers 1133 1133 Amazon shipping again I should be able to remember seven numbers at a time Isn't that what the memories? Amazon shipping you're supposed to be able to remember. That's why the phone numbers are that long. You can't even remember 939 9.3. Oh, hold on a sec 9.39 All right, and then we've got Amazon sales tax payable all right and Amazon sales tax payable I'll add that that's gonna be a liability because these are gonna be the sales taxes that we Are getting paid that we're probably gonna have to remit to the government remembering


Hey, this is Brett and this 2018 Ford F250 Crew Cab Short Box XLT is stock number 13416Z. I am here at Summit Automotive in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, you're new and used. Heavy duty truck, headquarters. This 2018 Ford F250 has the 6.7 liter power stroke diesel engine. It's paired up with the 6 speed automatic transmission. This truck has been fully-safetyed and inspected by our service shop has a fresh oil and filter change. All the fluids have been checked and topped off and this truck is 100% ready to go. I'm going to go all the way around in this video inside underneath, start it up, take a look under the hood to give you the most accurate representation of the vehicle as possible and shadow black is the color. I shoot all my videos in 4K so if you have HD capabilities turn them on now because it is your best way to check out the quality, condition, options, cleanliness and overall condition of the truck before seeing it in person. As you go down this driver's side the box is in excellent shape as is the cab and doors. I didn't see any dents, I didn't see any dings, I didn't see any major scratches. Very nice and clean front fenders in excellent shape. And if you like the video you can subscribe to my YouTube channel which is youtube.com slash Summit Auto, click the bell notifications and you'll get updates on the videos I do each and every day here at Summit Automotive. This one comes with some really nice XD Series 20 inch painted alloy wheels and it has Discover Rugged Track, Cooper Discover Rugged Track 35x12.5R20 LT tires and these tires I would say have probably about 60% of the tread left on them. And under body is in very nice clean condition. Coming around on the front here the bumper is in excellent shape, the lower valance is in excellent shape, you do get the chrome tow hooks. The grille and Ford logo are in excellent condition and the hood is absolutely perfect didn't see any major dents, dings on there. Passengers side front fender is in excellent shape as well. Passengers side front wheel, no scuffs or scrapes on there. And as you go down this side of this 2018 Ford F250, take note of how clean that body is, how reflective and mirror like that paint is. I take these HD videos so if you are far away or even if you're close by and you just cannot make the trip down but you're still interested in purchasing the vehicle you can see the truck, hear the truck, and have confidence in the vehicle that you're looking at before you even get here so when you do get here there's absolutely no surprises and you can make a smart and informed buying decision from wherever you're at. If this video helps you make that buying decision let your salesman know that you saw the video that it was helpful and that Brett sent you. Back wheels in excellent shape and the back tires have just as much try as the front tires maybe even a little bit more. You can see that this one has rear airlift, airbag suspension, B&W hitch, frame and underbody is in excellent shape has all the remaining factory exhaust so it hasn't been altered in any way and it does come with some nice factory step bars. That box didn't see any denser dings and there you do get the chrome tipped exhaust. Coming around to the back the rear bumper is absolutely perfect it does have the back of parking sensors, full towing package which includes receiver hitch four pin and seven pin wiring and the tailgate is in excellent shape as well. Comes with an X-Tang solid fold, fold up tonneau cover. This one has the tailgate step assist, has a shock down assist tailgate and a spray and bedliner gooseneck hitch and side box tie-downs. Tailgate step assist right there. That shuts nicely and for full disclosure this back wheel just as nice as the rest. And down the rest of the side of the truck looks really good does have the driver side door code entry we do have the code for this truck and if you ever wanted to find out what your code is for your 17 to 22 super duty in the upper right hand part of screen I got a video showing you how to find that. Heated mirrors built in directional signals on those mirrors they telescope out they also power fold in power telescope out inside the XLT package gives you the gray cloth interior 40 20 40 split bench seating seats are in excellent condition power driver C with lumbar comes with a set of max liner all-weather floor mats power pedals auto headlamps LED side lights on those mirrors power windows locks and mirrors and like I said these mirrors power fold in I was like showing both sides so that you know that both sides are working properly then they do power telescope out and in and once again both sides working very nice take a quick look at the back seats they are just as clean as the front seats no rips or tears back here it does have the latch child safety system for any child car seats you may have fixed glass rear window with the built-in rear defrost those have that good-looking American flag sticker on the back there too these seats fold up there is a storage compartment that unlocks and locks and goes up like so then folds back down you can lock it in the upright position or the down position all weather format keeps your carpeting looking like new on that flat floor child safety locks on the back doors and the bottom is of the doors all look fantastic really a nice truck so long as I'm right here tire and loading information sticker as well as the vin sticker we'll hop inside check out the miles the radio and everything that this truck has to offer on the interior get the built forward tough animation there you can see that this one has 57,415 miles instrument cluster is very nice and clean let me dim it down here a little bit comes with the multifunction steering wheel cruise controls and information center controls on the left the steering wheel itself is in excellent shape and you get bluetooth and audio controls on the right your automatic transmission shifter with the optional tap shift this one has the sync 8 inch radio has AM FM and Sirius XM radio capabilities it also has your different apps including Apple CarPlay and Android Auto so while this one does not have the factory navigation system you can project your cell phone to the screen via Android Auto or Apple CarPlay and then it's like you have nav or in the screen if you've got ways or google maps on your phone so that's a really cool system there as well there's your backup camera that is working nicely you'll notice that you get factory exhaust brakes stability control hazard lights turned off four-wheel drive factory brake controller this one does have heated seat buttons climate controls two usb's and a cd player one of the last years to have a cd player i believe 12 volt power point and 110 volt 400 watt plug-in dual glove boxes and the passenger side format and seat are in excellent condition i don't think this truck's ever been smoked in smells very clean inside and the headliner is absolutely perfect you get six auxiliary up-fit switches on here and map lights up there we'll start it up and take a look under the hood starts right up no check engine lights or anything like that other than telling me my hood's a jar there are those led lights in the mirrors someone has also replaced the headlights and fog lights with leds so they are super bright and i would personally like to thank you for checking out the video today and hopefully from this hd video we've been able to verify the quality condition options and of course cleanliness of this truck all the way around inside now under the hood we have the 6.7 liter power stroke diesel engine and jamae is very clean runs very smooth once again this truck has been fully safe to be inspected by our service shop has a fresh oil and filter change all the fluids have been checked and topped off this truck is 100 ready to go it does have a magnet force afe power cold air intake and brand new batteries there's the emission sticker and i would highly recommend this truck from a quality and condition standpoint i would consider it buying it myself if i needed a diesel to pull my camper but really a nice truck really sharp and i'd highly recommend it from a quality and condition standpoint and to see more pictures of this truck or one of other 550 new and used cars trucks scvs minivans wranglers half tons three quarter tons one tons you name it we got it go to that website right there is summitauto.com full pictures and descriptions of every single vehicle from two locations all at summitauto.com and if you'd like to check out more hd videos you can go to youtube.com slash summit auto remember to like subscribe and share on this video and all the videos that you see there click the bell notifications or get updates on the videos i do each and every day here at summit automotive in fact in a second you will see links to subscribe to my youtube channel here for left links more f-250 videos like this one the upper right link to this vehicle on a website lower left and a link to one of our latest youtube videos in lower right click those check us out we're super excited to help you with this ultra clean 2018 forward f-250 crew cab short box xlt in black shadow clear coat thanks again for checking out the video remember to like subscribe and share on the youtube channel i really appreciate it thanks again


People use online information to make decisions about their health. We know that people have been found to decline medical advice from qualified healthcare professionals, and instead follow advice that they find online. Posing questions to others to help them judge the quality of information they find online can be a powerful tool to improving a community's health literacy levels. As you work your way through the MedlinePlus tutorial, be thinking of how you would have conversations with others about this necessary skill. Also think about a time when you've seen something online about health that definitely was not credible. What tipped you off? Does your personal experience align with what you see in the tutorial?


For our next tale, we're going to read Twas the Night Before Christmas. scpwiki.net slash twas the night before Christmas. Starting at the top. And here we go. Is that a TV or real-life fireplace, some guy named King? That is a highly anomalous video.  The only single one of you who has not authorized Foundation staff should be writhing in a seizure on the ground. I apologize, I should have told you that ahead of time. Good memetic kill agent. Good job.  Twas the night before Christmas and all through the site. Not a keter was stirring to my great delight. The paperwork filed in the cabinets with care. Each one a story of objects most rare. Humanoids held firm in 10 meter cubes, and euclids suspended in magnetic tubes. But researchers, technicians, D-class, and more were hiding in fear from the sounds of a war. The east wing had lights flashing warnings in moss. Two kettles, three euclids, and one sik-ba-da-ba-ba ruined the poem. No! Let's rewind that, shall we? The east wing had lights flashing warnings in moss about the escape of an anomalous horse. Two kettles, three euclids, one thought safe but not. Merging together in one ball of snot. Were barely but noticed by keen Dr. Bright. A crisis at last had now moved him to fright. His powers immortal availing him not, and expert assistants he went out and sought. Grabbing all resources that he could claim. Six MTF teams he called each by name. Now gear-deads, now memetic fixes. On toasters, on weards, on timeline deep sixes. To the basement L4, to the sight of the breach. Don't wait, get going, to all I must preach. The pain of our failure is the end of us all. Rushing they jostled to get to the hall. Containing the monster the doctors true dread. Verbently hoping to put me to bed. The snot-ball had the cleaners tied up in knots, while toasters and gear-deads were blocked by some bots. Escaping their quarters and running all round, trying to bind all the things that aren't bound. Backwards and forwards the scrapping did go, until I called time and their fighting went slow. The Weards did not know that last week had gone wrong. An SCP slow-acting memetic song. Made them ignore the good doctor's commands, as they were all busy staring at hands. The memetic fixers tried chanting in rhyme. A true name in Greek while assaulting a mime. Which, in all fairness, really should have worked. But instead in my heart I secretly smirked. My misinformation had led them astray. Assaulting a mime is what keeps me at bay. A mime, a mime, and not a mime, a mime. Timeline Deets Sixers, most suited for this, gave it their best but still came up a miss. They ran down my hall, they ran with much vigor, but too late, and my power did trigger.  Their forward-most man almost made it to me, but now for eternity I get to see. His eyes frozen wide at the sign on my door, upon which is written, Beware Cronivore.  Text found, printed on the back of the anomalous object 173-21-214, which appears to be a large print of a photo overlooking site 19's main and administrative area, as an explosion is just beginning. The photo is impossible to fold or cut in any way, and nothing can adhere to it, but it is otherwise unremarkable. No source of this object is recorded in the database. Merry Christmas.


Hey there friends, thanks for checking in today. We're looking at the new car PM 9 Covert a first look video of this gun. I've been waiting for this since shacho They are just being released now, and this is one of the first ones right here the greatest advantage here three finger contact on the grip and an additional round in the magazine seven round mags the same mag that is in the P9 The K9 the S9 and the CW 9 right here So if you have those guns all the mags are interchangeable even the larger size mags will fit in the car handguns But here it is same trigger pull Right around six and a half pounds three finger contact at night sights three inch barrel and a rail and they put the serial tag right here on the grip So I'm very excited to have this now I've owned the PM 9 for a while one of the smallest lightest handguns in today's market cars most popular model It's a beautiful gun very smooth shooter. Matter of fact the year and a half ago. I reviewed a Car PM 9 that was eight years old at the time. It had over 40,000 rounds through it More like 43 44, but the guy who owned it said he stopped counting and and that's Speak to the longevity of the car handgun there. They're made extremely tough Very very tough and this PM 9 has not let me down yet. Now. I absolutely love the car P9 This has the same seven round magazine. It also has night sights three and a half inch barrel all Bar stock steel parts. All right polygonal rifling in the barrel and and all-in-all a very comfortable shooter all these very lightweight compact handguns with a six and a half pound trigger pull and Then the reset is right there if you took their greatest advantages of both of these guns and combine them into one All right, you would have the car PM 9 covert with the three inch barrel, but the longer grip and A three finger contact now There are two other things about this gun that I find Amazing I'm going to share with you, but before we do that. Let's do a size comparison. The slides are the exact same All right, I took them off. I put them on each other's frames They work. They're the exact same The grip a little bit different, but let's do it this way. Okay. I think I showed all these clear Let's drop the mags and take a look at the difference here All right, you can see the serial tag on This one is on the dust cover. All right, so here we have the only difference that you're going to see is right there Probably a quarter of an inch So if you love the size and weight of the car PM 9 This PM 9 covert is just just like that much longer on the grip But this is one of the things I told you there are two I want to show you two things But here is one of the things. Let's take the seven round magazine All right car PM 9 covert We got seven rounds in here. We'll move it just ounces and it is weighing in at 20 ounces. Let's take a Self-defense load because we always carry one in the chamber 20 and a half ounces now that is very light Extremely light now. Let's do the same That's with eight rounds now 20 and a half ounces here. We have the PM 9 here's six rounds And then we're going to take this carry around 20 and 1 8th ounces So they are essentially the same weight even though this has the longer grip and the extra round that had So if we put an extra round here All right 20 and a half ounces so both of these guns with eight rounds are the exact same weight I think that's pretty incredible. I really do You think the the covert would be a little heavier. It's really not you can see that it has the same grip All right, and we look over here same grip very comfortable And I get you know, I'm just I'm really looking forward to it. I'm very excited about it Now the the PM series has a lifetime warranty But let's get to the second thing now that was loaded mag. So I'm going to go ahead and show clear again All right, this is what I find just as amazing as the weight check this out now every car handgun I've ever owned the they they ship very tight right out of the box very tight But I've always had to use something to punch that Slide-stop pin through I've always needed something but check this out All right Give a little push through Outcomes the pin pull the trigger this assembles the gun now if we look at the frame Many people have this wrong And they say well those you know the slide rides on the polymer rails That's false. Okay, I explained this before I'll explain it really quickly There is more metal in here than a Glock right you can see metal there metal inserts all throughout the Polymer rails that's just for the reassemble process If I cut those off right now this gun would still function just fine same uncaptured Guide rod or I'm sorry recoil spring and all steel guide rod. Okay dual Dual and then here we have the three-inch barrel and there it is. There's your slide and It's the exact same thing. So I thought you know For some reason this didn't have the the night sights I could swap out the slide and do that no reason no reason at all for that Spring is tight. You know the one greatest advantage of a tight spring that the car has Is the low recoil? Low recoil with that spring. All right, so when you assemble it put the Pin in first and then move it back just like that and you are good to go. So there it is Car PM 9 covert. It's a first look Has the seven round magazine so you're getting that additional round more comfort on it But still the same weight as the car PM 9 how car pulled that one off I'll never know but I'm certainly excited to have this The sharp gun I can't wait to get this to the range if you like videos like this Please subscribe and share. I always appreciate thumbs up button Thanks for watching and you guys be safe


In just a moment here, my son, Jeep, first a few moments to tell you of a special program to be broadcast this Sunday. For nearly three years, NBC Newsman at home and overseas have recorded both the scenes of real battle at the front in Korea and the battle of diplomacy at the United Nations. All the sounds and voices have been edited into a special full-hour program. The result titled, Three Years of Korea is an important program, a program we all should hear. Listen for Three Years of Korea on this station Sunday. Now stay tuned for My Son Jeep on NBC. Good evening. This is Jeep's father, Dr. Allison, bringing you the weekly news from Grove Falls. This week, I'm afraid our whole script deals with the fisticuffs, but please don't leap to the wrong conclusions.  I'm still all in one piece. I'm perfectly content to leave the honor of the family in the capable hands of my pint-sized Dempsey, my young exponent of the manly art of self-defense, My Son Jeep. Yes, it's My Son Jeep, the bright and warm-hearted adventures of the Allison family of Grove Falls, transcribed by the national broadcasting company and starring Donald Cook as Doc with young Martin Houston as unpredictable, irresistible, ten-year-old Jeep Allison. I hope that over the past several months since you've met us, you haven't got the idea that Jeep is a little angel in disguise. Nothing could be further from the facts. He squabbles with his friends and he gets his quota of lumps and bruises. Usually, I maintain a hands-off policy. Usually. But not long ago, I was over at the hospital and Barbara Miller, my receptionist, was alone in my office. Come in. Dr. Allison in. Well, I'm sorry he's out on his rounds. Would you like to make an appointment? Do I need an appointment to punch him in the nose? What? You heard me. I'm going to punch him in the nose. Well, who are you? I'm the father of Chester Willis. That's you. And who is Chester Willis? My son. Well, will you please tell me what this is all about?  Who? The doctor? No, the doctor's son. When will he be back? Who? The doctor's son? No, the doctor. I don't know and I wouldn't tell you if I did. Oh, is that so? Furthermore, even if there was a fight, I'm sure that Jeep did not start it. He's not the kind of a boy to go around picking fights. Oh, sure. You'd stick up for him.  I am not. Then why are you sticking up for him? Because Jeep is a wonderful boy and he does not go around picking fights.  In that case, maybe there wasn't any fight at all.  If he's anything like his father, I wouldn't doubt it. Where I could hear it all the way in the living room. This gentleman claims that Jeep picked on his little boy.  My brother doesn't go around picking fights.  I never heard of your little Chester, but I know Jeep. Anyway, I'd like to punch him in the nose. You wouldn't dare touch my little brother. I'm talking about your father. Then say what's all this hollering about. I can hear it all the way after the kitchen. Who's he? He wants to punch father in the nose. Mercy alive over my dead body. Hey, what are you doing here anyway? He claims Jeep had a fight with his son.  Well, if there was a fight, I'll bet you one thing. Your boy must have started it. Jeep, don't go around starting fights. Oh, sure. You'd stick up for him. You're his grandmother. I am not. I come in here courteously like any reasonable father would to ask for a quiet explanation. And what happens? Everybody screams at me. You're all sticking up for this kid without even knowing the facts. Well, I'm going. But you tell his father he hasn't heard the last of this. I'm not going to tell his father anything of the sort. Well, if you don't, I will. Well, what good will it do? Andy, the doctor can go over there and punch him in the nose. Oh, Mrs. Bixby, you're not serious. Well, maybe not really punch him, but at least give him a good talk and do the idea of some stranger coming in here and hollering at all of us. Who was that man anyway? I never saw him before. And all I know is he's Jester Willis' father. Oh, hi, everybody. Having a conference? You just missed him, father. Miss who? He wanted to punch you in the nose. He did? Before he was just bluffing, Bob. He was? He said Jeep started the whole thing. He did? I didn't trust him the minute I set eyes on him. You didn't? Well, don't just stand there, father. Say something. I will. What are you talking about? We just told you. Well, you certainly did. Now I know that somebody wants to punch me in the nose, but he's bluffing, and Jeep started it, and whoever it is, you don't trust him. That's right. What's right? This may come as a shock to you, but it's the biggest notion what you're talking about. Hi, everybody. What's going on? You having a conference? Man's sake. Jeep, you really were in a fight. How'd you know? Well, look at your face. You ought to see the other fella.  Well, Carly, how'd you find out? His father came over here. He did? What'd he want? He wanted to punch father in the nose. Well, what for? Hey, everybody, now hold it. If I'm going to get punched in the nose, I have every right to know what for and who by. Now, Jeep. Yes, sir? Tell me what happened. Why? Well, that's one thing I can tell by just looking at you. Who was? Chester Willis. Well, who started it? He did, Pop. Why? Is he a bully? None anymore, he isn't. Dear, what happened? Well, we were in the park playing, and Emily Monroe came over. You know her, Pop. No, I never had the pleasure.  Anyway, old Chester started teasing her, and she wound up crying. So she told him to stop it, and he wouldn't. And I told him to stop it, and he said to shut up or he'd rub my nose in the dirt. Well, then what happened? He rubbed my nose in the dirt. So how to fight him? Who was? I did. Good for you. Only thing puzzles me is how come you stood up for Emily Monroe that way? Ain't she the same one you're always teasing? Sure, but that's different.  Anyway, I never made her cry. I think Jeep did the right thing. When are you going over to see him, Father? See who? That Willisfeller. What have I got to see him about? Oh, he threatened you, Father. Oh, well, he took pretty good care to come around when I wasn't here. Anyway, if he shows up again, I'll know how to handle the situation. Sure would, Pop.  You, Dr. Allison? That's right. Come on into my office. Thank you. What seems to be the trouble, Mr.... Well, I'm not a patient doctor. My name's Willis Frank Willis. Oh, you're the one. Now, what do you mean by that? No, Doc, I could save you a lot of trouble. I only came over to apologize. I lost my temper yesterday. I'm one of those guys who goes along real quiet until something happens and then, bang, I blow my top. I keep saying to myself, Frank, think before you talk. But I never do. Anyhow, well, I came over to apologize. Well, that takes the wind out of my sails. beg your pardon. I mean, well, okay, I accept your apology. And you won't hold it against me? Not at all, Mr. Willis. Don't suppose you'd care to shake hands? Oh, sure I would. Ah, by the way, I talked it over with Chester and he finally admitted it might have been partly his fault. Partly? Yes, he's got a temper, too. I guess he takes after me. I, uh, hope he didn't hurt your son too much. Hurt Jeep? Well, it's the other way around. The way I understand it, Jeep gave you a boy pretty good-looking. Not according to what Chester told me.  My boy never lies to me. Besides, he's, uh, a pretty good scrapper. Oh, he is, is he? Well, my Chester's a pretty good scrapper, too. Yeah, I suppose that's why he got a bloody nose. Now, wait a minute. Where do you get offline to see? Oh, well, there I go again. Oh, you see, Doc, fly right off the handle. I'm sorry. I'll forget it. Well, I better be getting on home. Well, thanks for stopping by. It's always nice to meet someone who'll admit he's in the wrong. Who's in the wrong? Well, you are. You admit it. You lost your temper. That doesn't mean I was in the wrong. The trouble with you is that I... Uh, never fails, Doc. I can't learn to keep my big mouth shut.  Well? Oh, uh, there's something else I want to mention, Doc. Yes? You know how a kid looks up to his father. Sure. And how he thinks his old man can look anybody else in the world. We've all had that experience. Yes, yes. Well, anyway, Chester thinks I came over here to... beat you up. What? Well, why on earth do you think that? Well, I... I might have said something. Such as what? By this time, you know me and my temper. I've probably said something silly like, well, I teach you to keep your kid in line after this. So, Chester thinks I came over to beat you up. Well, you just had to tell Chester the truth that you came over to apologize. Well, I couldn't do that. He wouldn't look up to me anymore. Oh. So, uh, wouldn't it be okay with you if I tell Chester that we had a fight and... I won? It would not. Oh, come on, Doc. Absolutely not. I've got a son, too. If you tell your son we fought and you won, and he tells my son, but I'll tell you what we could do. What? Tell him the truth. No, we talked it over and shook hands. Out of the question. I'll tell you what, it sounds a little childish, but I'll go this far. We had a fight and it ended in a draw. Now, how does that sound? Say, that's pretty good. Yes. All right, Doc, I'll settle for that. Sir, pretty smart of you to think of that. Of course, uh, you know you're really getting the best of it. What do you mean? Well, uh, the business of our fight ending in a draw. If it ever came right down to it, I think I could take you. So long, Doc. So, he could take me, could he? I'm not so sure of that.  Oh, I'll always leave it for the last. Why, you hope it'll disappear? It's food like spinach that makes you grow big and strong, honey. I know all that. But why can't stuff that's good for you taste like stuff that you like? That's a good question, but I don't know the answer. Well, it's perfectly happy, his father. If Jeep thought spinach wasn't good for him, he'd probably love it. Listen to her. I like string beans, don't I, Peggy Allison? And they're good for me. Hey, got any string beans, Miss Bixby? Be glad to eat some of them. Now, that'll be enough of that. Eat your spinach. Do I have to, Pop? Well, you heard, Barbara, a spinach makes you strong. You need all the strength you can get if you're going to keep on getting into fights. Oh, I don't keep on getting in fights. Hardly ever have one. Now, but when you do, it's a beaut. You know, come to think of it, I'm not a bit surprised that that Willis man never came back. Uh, he did. He did? When? This afternoon. Well, come on. What happened? I'd rather not discuss it. Why? Did he punch in the nose? He did not. Well, for goodness sake, Father, what happened? Did you punch him in the nose, Pop? Let's drop the subject. You can't leave us hanging this way. Finish the story. Well, he, he came over. That much we know already. Well, then he left. Father, he didn't just walk in and then walk out. What happened? Well, not very much. Well, what? Well, we, we, oh, well, if you must know, there was a slight altercation. What's that mean? It means a fight, I think. Oh, then, sakes, Doctor, you serious? But there isn't a mark on you. Of course not. It's because Pop's a good boxer, aren't you, Pop? Are you, Pop? Well, I boxed a bit in high school. That was a long time ago. Wasn't your foot work a little rusty? I am not so decrepit that I can't still take care of myself, Miss Bixby. Sure you can't, Pop. Bet you'll really show that Mr. Willis. If I'm not too inquisitive, Bob, who won? Nobody. What? It was a draw. How do you know? Did you have a referee? We, we did not have a referee and we will now drop the whole thing. Gee whiz. What's the matter with you? I thought you could lick anybody and it was only a draw. Frankly, I'm disappointed too. Yeah, me too. A little. Well, what kind of a bloodthirsty family is this? In case you're forgetting, I'm a doctor, not a prize fighter. But the other man's not a prize fighter either, Pop. Even by just a little bit? All right. If it'll make you any happier, I beat him to a pulp. Oh, boy, I knew it. Nobody can lick my Pop. And then, Dad... Oh, what didn't I say? I told him you could lick his son the best day he ever saw. What did he say? Oh, he started to give me an argument, so I told him I could lick him the best day he ever saw, too. Oh, boy, then you socked him, huh, Dad? Huh? Well, didn't you? Oh, sure. Sure, I, uh, socked him. And then he socked you back. Who's making up this story? I mean, who's telling it? You are, Dad. Then don't say he socked me. I was a pretty fair boxer in high school. I, uh, I jabbed him with a left, crossed over a right to the button, gave him the old one, two to the bread basket. By that time, he'd had enough. See, you're not a scratcher on your dad. He never laid a finger on me. Then what did you do? I apologized. I mean, he apologized. Boy, wait till I tell that Jeep Alice it. Uh, well, you better not say anything about this, Chester. Why not? You beat up his dad, didn't you? Yes, but he thinks the fight ended in a draw. How could he?  I know, but he doesn't know much about boxing. But, guys, if I can't tell Jeep, what was the use of your fighting in the first place? If you do tell him, I might really get into a fight. I mean, get into another fight. Aw, Dad! I don't want to hear any more out of you now, Chester. Remember, not a word about this to anybody. I made a date to go to the movies tonight, didn't we? Sure, why? Well, what's playing? I don't like going just to be going. Let's find out what's playing. No sooner said than done. Operator, 2-3-5-0, please. Thank you. If the picture doesn't sound too good, let's go for a drive instead. Fine with me, Bob. Hello, Majestic? What's playing tonight, please? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Thank you. Well, what's playing? The big fight. What's the other picture? I'll never believe you. We'll go for a drive. That first picture must be about fighting, wouldn't you enjoy that? There's been enough talk around this house about fighting without going to see a picture about it. Oh, tell me something, Bob, in strict confidence, of course. What really happened when Mr. Willis came to see you? Nothing. As a matter of fact, he apologized for losing his temper. And that's all? That's every bit of it. Somehow I'm not a bit surprised. I couldn't picture you getting into a brawl. Well, no, but if I were forced into a corner, I assure you I could give a good account of myself. I'm sure you could, Bob. But you're much too nicer guy to use brute strength to win a point. Well, thank you, Bob. Very good judge of character. Lucky for you, Jeep isn't. Why did you make up that story about fighting to a draw? Oh, that was Willis doing, not mine. He wanted to make his son happy, but he wanted to tell him that he'd beat me up. I wouldn't stand for that. Why should I make Jeep unhappy? So we settled for a draw.  Well, I didn't get carried away. He backed me into a corner and I had to pacify him. Well, you succeeded. As far as Jeep's concerned, you're the champion of Gro Falls. Well, as long as I don't have to defend the title, what's the harm? Jeep, how did you get that black eye? Fighting. Again? I've never known you to be so pugnacious before. Huh? Who was it this time? Chester Willis. Are you making a career of fighting this one boy? What am I supposed to do when he calls me a liar?   Because he started bragging about how his father beat Pop up. What? He did no such thing. That's what I told him, Pop, said you won. I didn't. You told him that? Well, not exactly. Well, thank goodness for small favors. And I told him you beat his father to a pulp. What? Oh, isn't that what you said? Your chickens come home to roost, Bob. What chickens? Never mind what chickens. You and I are going over to see Mr. Willis. Are you going to beat him to a pulp again, Pop? Nobody is going to beat anybody. It is high time the Allison's and the Willis' has negotiated a peace treaty. Chester. Yes, Dad?  Uh-huh. Who have you been fighting with this time? Jeep Allison. Again? Now, son, you've got to either stop fighting altogether or find somebody you can lick. Now, who started it? You or him? I don't know. I just told him you could lick his father any day in the week. And I could, too. Sure, and I said that when you went over there the other day, you did lick him. Chester, I told you never to mention that outside the house. Gosh, Dad, what am I supposed to do when Jeep says his father beat you up? Did he say that? He said his father told him he beat you to a pulp. Oh, he did, did he? How do you like that? We make a bargain. We shake hands on it. And the minute my back's turned, he breaks his word. Why, the dirty double-crosser? What was a bargain about, Dad? Never mind. It doesn't concern you. I can't get over it. Double-crossed by a man I was prepared to trust. Come on, Chester. Where are we going? Over to see Allison and his son. What for? To straighten this whole thing out. And when I get through with him, it'll be a cold day in July before he double-crosses me again. Remember, Jeep, when we get over there, you let me do the talking. I'm OK with me, Pop. If there's one thing I pride myself on, it's being able to take a tangled situation like this and straighten it out with a few well-chosen words. Like what? I'll think of something when we get there. If you're not going to think up some words until we get there, how can they be well-chosen? It's just a manner of speaking, Jeep. Oh, like when you say everybody ought to get closer to nature, only you never do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, Pop, look who just turned a corner. Chester and his father. Oh, yeah. Well, they certainly seem to be in a hurry. Hello, Willis. Hello, Doc. What are you headed for? Your place. Where are you headed for? Your place. Um, I, uh... the, uh... kids had another fight. Yeah, I know. That was what I was on my way to see you about. Me too. Kind of warm today, isn't it? Yes, too, Robert. She was. Did we come all the way over here just to talk about weather? Yeah, come on, Dad. I thought you were going to tell her more. Oh, yeah, yeah. You were going to tell me off? What about? Oh, nothing much, Doc. It was that bargain we made. You know, the one that you double-crossed me on? I double-crossed you. Sure.  Well, what of it? You double-crossed me too. That's no excuse, Doc. You double-crossed me without knowing I'd already double-crossed you. What they're talking about, Chester. Nope, do you?  Now, whose idea was it to tell the children that you and I had, uh... a jeep? Yes, Pa? Would you mind walking down to the corner a minute? Mr. Willis and I want to talk this over in private. That's a good idea, Doc. Chester, go with Jeep. Come on. Now, where was it? Oh, yeah, but the whole idea of saying you and I had a fight was yours. Well, whose idea was it to say we fought to a draw? It was mine, and that's my whole point. I suggested it merely as a compromise, and then what happened? You didn't stick to it. Neither did you. Only because Jeep backed me into a corner. Well, Chester backed me into a corner, too. You know what I'd like to do? Telling the truth should have done it to begin with. Oh, can't do that, Doc. Why not? Well, how did look having to admit to Chester, we just talked a little and shook hands? And how'd you look to your boy? Now, am I telling the truth means a whole lot more to Jeep than a story about how I can lick... No. No, you're right. I can't backtrack now. You're done, right, Doc? We got to stop those two kids from fighting every five minutes. But at the same time, we got to keep from looking like fools ourselves. So let's both of us tell the same story to each one of our kids. You know what, Pop, to keep secrets from me, except when they're kind of got to leave the room for. Maybe this is that kind of a secret. How could it be? They're talking about that fight they had. grown-ups are funny, aren't they, Jeep? They have a little fighting, and they talk about it forever. You and me, we have a fight, and it's over. We forget about it. Till the next one. Hey, wait a minute. What's the matter? I wouldn't be surprised if you're Pop and mine never had a fight. You know something? Neither would I. Well, that talk about bargains and double-crossings. Yeah. Sure, that's it. They never had a fight at all. They just made a bargain to say they would. Yeah, I'll betin' these are one of them can fight their way out of a paper bag. Yeah. Guess it's just too old. My father's almost 40. Look at him talking away, trying to figure out a story for us. What do you think it's gonna be, Jeep? Oh, probably the old one about fighting to a draw. And listen, Chester, whatever you do, don't let on. We don't believe him. Of course not. I wouldn't want to hurt my dad's feelings.  Remember, Chester, don't let on. Well, fellas, Mr. Willis and I have something to tell you. Go on, Willis. Well, kids, the doc and I decided to tell you the truth. There's no sense in kidding. We had a little fight, and then both of us decided to brag a little bit. Well, the truth of the matter is we fought to a draw. Right, doc? That's correct. Is that all, Pop? Yes. Then let's you and me go over to the clubhouse and play, Chester. I'll see you later, Pop. So long, Dad. Ah, look at him go, doc. Happy as larks. Sure relief, isn't it? Yes, not a question, not a doubt in their minds. They simply swallow, or I mean they believe every word. As wonderful the faith boys have in their fathers. Scout Messers tonight is for all you fellas who are 14 or older. And here to tell you about it is a representative of the local Boy Scout Council. Hello, Jeep. I'm Explorer Scout Matthew Messer of Troop 54 in Brooklyn. Guess you want to remind all the Explorer Scouts about the film scout range, don't you, Matt? I sure do. It's the greatest place in the world for a scout's vacation. You can come for a week or for a whole month. And you'll have 130,000 acres to play around in. There'll be camping trips and horseback riding. And everybody will live out in the open, just the way the pioneers did. It's real easy to make reservations. That's right, Jeep.  And you better do it right now, fellas. Just tell your local council you want to go to Fillmont Scout Range out and simmer on your Mexico. It'll be the greatest vacation you ever had. My Son Jeep was created and written by Walter Black and William Mendrick and directed by Dan Sutter. Leona Powers is heard as Mrs. Bixby, Lynn Allen plays Barbara Miller, and Joan Laser plays Peggy, with Frank Behrens and Arthur Cassell. Featured as 10-year-old Jeep is radio's brightest newcomer, young Martin Houston. And starring in the role of Doc is Broadway's top comedian and one of America's most versatile performers, Donald Cook. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight marks the last Sunday performance of My Son Jeep. Beginning Thursday, June 25th, and every Thursday thereafter, My Son Jeep will be brought to you at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. Check your local newspaper for the exact time of My Son Jeep in your vicinity. This is Fred Collins, then, inviting you to be back with us on Thursday, June 25th. For the next transcribed visit with America's favorite family, the Allison's of Grove Falls and radio's number one situation comedy, My Son Jeep. Tonight it's the Phil Harris Alice Faye show on NBC.