Welcome back everyone. We are continuing in Romans chapter 9. So we've looked through till verse 13. So Paul has now said, you know, basically, we just recap. Paul said, look, whatever God spoke, this is Romans 9 verse 6. Whatever God spoke about Israel, those words have not gone of, those words have not become ineffective. One, because he was actually speaking about children of promise, not just the natural children. And secondly, because of God's purposes, which are at work. And that's what he wants to highlight. So in talking about God's purposes, which is, you know, verse 10, and not only this, that means in addition to what I've said that God's word is being fulfilled in children of promise. Secondly, God's purposes are being fulfilled, predetermined purposes are being fulfilled. And so then he begins to refer to a series of both Old Testament figures, that is people, as well as Old Testament scriptures, to show us that the purpose of God, according to his shoestring, according to his selection, is being fulfilled through people that he has called or he has appointed as agents through whom things will unfold. So the first figures that are people that Paul has referred to, which we have seen now, is Jacob and Esau. And we saw that God, even before they were born, already spoke and said, this is what's going to happen. So we are trying to interpret it or understand it correctly, while trying to bring together both the sovereignty of God and also the choice, the free will of man. So that's where the challenge is. Where do these two meet? We don't want to completely eliminate the free will of man because we see that through our scripture it's wrong to say man doesn't have his choice in the matter, in the unfolding of the purpose of God. And so we need to somehow reconcile the two. There is the sovereign purpose of God which he will fulfill, like Paul said in Romans 9.11, according to people whom he has selected and not based on people's choices, because in this case, sorry, not based on people's works, because in this case, even before Jacob and Esau was born, he already said, this is what's going to happen. So there is the sovereign purpose of God, his selection, and his unfolding of that purpose. And there should also be, it should also be reconciled with the fact that Jacob and Esau both had the freedom to make the choice. So that's what we were trying to understand. How will we understand it?  Because of the spiritual significance of their lives, Jacob, as we know, was a man who pursued God in spite of his flaws. And he even wrestled with God. That was at that night when he held on to the angel of God, which was God himself manifested and said, I won't let you go until you bless me. And that wasn't that moment that his name was changed from Jacob to Israel, because he said, you are somebody who has stature with God. You are somebody who's engaged with God and prevail in the sense that you've got what you wanted. So that was Jacob. He wasn't a perfect man.  But Esau, on the other hand, was very careless, so to speak. He just didn't care about the blessing of God on his life. He just threw it off. He said, okay, just give me a bowl of food.  And God really disregarded that kind of attitude or that kind of what Esau represented. So that's the first Old Testament people that Paul is bringing out to show that the purpose of God is going to be fulfilled the way God chooses. Then we're going to read verses 14 onwards. And then Paul begins to build this up. It's going to get a little complicated, but then in the end, we will get an understanding of it. Let's read verses 14 through 18. And then, yeah, it was 14 onwards, 14 to 18, please. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? With God said to me not. For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whomever I have mercy, and I have compassion on whomever I have compassion. So then it is none of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. For scripture says to the Pharaoh, for this very purpose, I have raised you up that I may show my power in you, and that my name may be declared in all the earth. Therefore, he has mercy on whome he wills, and whome he wills, he harden. Okay. So Paul is asking the same question that you and I would feel inclined to ask after reading versus what he has just written, and versus 9 through 13. So the question in verse 14 is, hey, is God being unrighteous, or is God being unfair, unjust? And then Paul says, no, no, no, certainly not. God is, like we said, Paul's style of writing throughout Romans is he asks a question, and he answers it himself. So he asks the question, is God being unfair by doing this? And he says, no, God is not unfair. God is just God who has mercy and compassion on whomever he wants. So his mercy and compassion are extended to everyone. Right. Again, he must understand mercy and compassion, not as being selective and partial. So God is not merciful. God is not partial, or God is not selective in his expression of mercy and compassion. Like Psalm 145 verse 9 and 10, the Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are overall his works. The Lord is gracious, slow to anger, a bounding in mercy, and he extends it to everybody. Right. So God is not merciful just to few. Right. So his mercy and his compassion is available to every person. And this mercy and compassion then begins to work in the lives of those who receive it and specifically in the case of Jacob. So what happened in Jacob's life is an expression of God's mercy and compassion. But it was not a selective and partial thing because we must interpret even this exercise of mercy and compassion from God in the light of the rest of scripture, which is God's mercy and God's compassion is available to everybody. But it is effective in the lives of few people. Why? Not because of partiality or that only they received it. It was extended only to them. No, it was because they were willing to receive that mercy and grace. Right. So verse 16, so then once again, the focus doesn't fall on the person who's made the choice, more of him who runs. So verse 16, so then it is not of him who wills, not of him who runs. That means the big deal is not about the person who said yes, or who did the right thing, but it is still has to do with God who gave mercy. But on the side of man, the man willed Jacob willed to receive and Jacob ran with what God wanted for his life. He cooperated with what God wanted for his life. But yet we can't credit or we can't, let's say, say Jacob was a hero. No, it's still because God extended mercy. So is God being unfair? No. Why is he not unfair? Because his mercy and compassion is available to all. And yet the person who says yes to it is the one who actually receives it and experiences it. And yet we can't give credit to the one who said yes, because ultimately it's because of his mercy and because of his compassion that whatever happened happened. And then he says, verse 17, he points to another person, Pharaoh. It's a look of Pharaoh. God raised him up that he may be that he may be an agent through whom God would cause his part to be displayed and his fame go out through that known world in that time. And yet verse 18, he has mercy on those whom he has mercy and whom he wills he hardens. But then is it because that God hardened Pharaoh's heart? God was able to display his power, or was it Pharaoh choosing to harden his own heart? So now when you look into the Old Testament, you find both positions. You'll find in the beginning, you know, that you'll find both scriptures on both that God, Pharaoh chose to harden his heart. And there will be scripture that say God hardened his heart. So how do we understand the scripture saying God hardened Pharaoh's heart? Because if God did it to Pharaoh, then Pharaoh is not to blame. Pharaoh doesn't deserve punishment. How do we understand it that when the scripture saying God hardened his heart? Well, we have to understand it in the same way, like we read in Romans chapter one, when God said, God gave people up, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to a corrupt mind. That means he didn't cause them to become depraved and corrupt, but he let them go. So it wasn't God made them that way, but he didn't prevent them from taking that direction, going that direction. So when the scriptures are saying God hardened Pharaoh's heart, we must understand it in the light of the other scriptures would tell us that Pharaoh chose to harden his own heart. That means as Pharaoh began to harden his own heart, God chose to let him go that way. And he just chose to harden his heart towards the God that Moses was talking about and the miracles that Moses was doing in the name of God. That means Pharaoh said, I don't care, you can do whatever you want, but I'm stronger, I'm bigger, I will show myself to be stronger and bigger. And so while God let Pharaoh move into that position of hardening his heart towards Moses and towards God, the God of Moses, it only became an opportunity for God to display more and more of his power. And as a result, the greatness of God, his name spread throughout the neighboring regions. So even before the people of Israel reached Jericho, people inside Jericho said, hey, we've heard of all the things your God did in Egypt. So the news already spread. So again over here concerning Pharaoh and Pharaoh hardening his heart, we have to understand it from this perspective that the Pharaoh is responsible for choosing to harden his own heart against what Moses was saying and against the God of Moses. And the only thing God did was to let him continue that way. In that sense, the scriptures are saying God hardened Pharaoh's heart. He let him go that way, not that he caused or made him to do it, but he let him do it. So he builds on this further now if you read from verses 19 to 24, please. You will say to me then, why does he still find fault? For who has resisted his will? But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing fall into him? Who formed it? Why have you made me like this? Does not the potter have power over that way? From this some lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor. What if God wanting to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much lung suffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the faces of mercy, which he had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom he called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles. Thank you. So Paul is continuing to develop the thought and again he's asking questions. It's a very interesting style of writing. So he asks another question verse 19. He's kind of asking questions which he thinks his audience would ask. So he's saying you will say to me verse 19, why does God still find fault? For who has resisted his will? Meaning, if we are saying God hardened Pharaoh's heart, then God cannot find fault with Pharaoh because if God was doing it to Pharaoh, Pharaoh has no choice. He can't resist the will of God. So this is an obvious question somebody would ask if that was the way things happened. So verse 20, Paul is saying, you know, but oh man, who are you to question God? In other words, how, you know, who are we to, this is in verse 20, oh man, who are you to reply against God? Who are we to question God? Will the thing formed? Say to him who formed it, why have you made me like this? In other words, he has this picture of the potter as he explains in the next verse as well. You know, a potter from the same lump of clay, he could divide the lump into two portions. With one part of the lump, he could create a vessel that is used for honorable purposes, maybe like a nice showcase piece that is kept and, you know, very prominently, you know, looks very grand and elegant, he could do that. And from the other half of the lump, he could make a vessel that's used for routine things, you know, maybe collecting trash or doing something, you know, whatever. So he's saying from the same lump of clay, he could create two different vessels, one is for, you know, honorable use and one is for just regular dishonorable use. And the clay has no choice here. So he's saying in that sense, God is going to unfold his plan and his purpose through different individuals that he chooses, in that sense. But like I mentioned earlier, there is a difference. Unlike the lump of clay, the lump of clay has no free will, but we human beings, we do. So here's the interesting intersection, the interplay of God's predetermined plan and the free will choice of man. That's interesting interplay. So for Pharaoh, God already had a purpose that through whoever was going to be the leader of Egypt, at the appointed time, he would raise up Moses. And through Moses, he would display and through Moses and through this leader of Egypt, Pharaoh, in this case, God would display his power and God would display, you know, his mighty works, so that his fame would be, would go out among the nations and he would deliver his people. So that was God's plan. Nobody can stop it. But that does not do away the free will choice of either Moses or Pharaoh. And Moses is not specifically mentioned here, but I'm just bringing him into the picture because he was an important actor or participant in all that happened. Both had a free will choice. In fact, Moses could have refused when God came to him, said, Moses, you know, I want to go and deliver my people. Moses was reluctant.  So there was God raising up a deliverer in Moses. But he, Moses had to, you know, co-work with God. He had to cooperate with God. So Pharaoh, God had purposed that at that time he would deliver his people. Pharaoh was there. And Pharaoh, in one sense, could not escape the purpose of God. Moses, God was going to make this happen and get at the same time. Pharaoh had his free will. He chose to harden his heart. He chose to refuse. But the more he chose to refuse, it only gave greater opportunity for the power of God to be displayed and the fame of God to be made known. So if God found fault with Pharaoh, God was not being unjust. That although the purpose of God was being unfolded at that time, and God had purpose to deliver his people, at that time, yes, the purpose of God was there. The election of God was there. The foreknowledge and the predetermined working of his purpose was at work. Yet Pharaoh had his own choice to harden his heart and continue. So there is this analogy of the potter and the clay, but there is the difference between clay and human beings. But what Paul is saying is, as he continues in verse 22 and 22 on, that there are these vessels of wrath and vessels, he calls this mercy. So he's contrasting two vessels. The vessels of wrath, that's verse 22 of vessels of judgment, and then verse 23, the vessels of mercy. So like we said, in verse 21, he's contrasting two kinds of vessels. In verse 21, there is the vessel for honor, and there is the vessel for dishonor. That is, you know, from the same lump, you can have two kinds of vessels, one that is, you know, very elegant and put on display, kept in honor, and the other one is just used for ordinary purposes. So contrast. Now, he's using the same contrast, and he says, look, there are vessels of wrath, the vessels of mercy, that means he's referring to people, people who ended up receiving God's judgment, and there are people who ended up receiving God's mercy. They both are creation of God, like the porter worked on the clay and cost the vessels to come into being. They are both creation of God, but it is not that they were just pre-appointed for wrath, because he says in verse 22, God endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath. So God had a plan. There would be destruction to those who do not receive him, but it was not that God just said, okay, these are vessels of destruction. Here, take my judgment. No, he endured with much long suffering the people who ultimately received destruction. What was he enduring for? If they were already pre-determined for destruction, why would he have to endure with much long suffering? So the fact that God was enduring with much, verse 22, enduring with much long suffering on these vessels, prepared for destruction, doesn't mean that, or let me say put it this way, the fact that God endured with much long suffering was that he was waiting for even these vessels, these people to repent, but when they did not, they ended up receiving his destruction. So where does sovereignty come and where does a free will of man come? The sovereignty of God predetermined the purpose, which is those who reject him will end up in destruction. That's the sovereignty of God. He predetermined the purpose, but each vessel experiences God's enduring mercy, enduring or long suffering. God is extremely patient with each vessel, and if they still choose to reject his mercy, they end up receiving what has been prepared for those who reject him, which is destruction. It is not that God determined the choice that vessel was going to make, that person was going to make, but God determined the destruction for anyone who would refuse his purpose, similarly for the vessels of mercy. Verse 23, God prepared beforehand that those who would receive his mercy would experience his glory or display his glory. Verse 23, they would know the riches of his glory. So these are referred to as vessels of mercy. So what did God determine beforehand? He determined that all who receive his mercy will experience the riches of his glory and his goodness. He did not determine the choice that each individual vessel would make. That was up to them, but when the individual made the choice to receive mercy, they became vessels of mercy and God determined beforehand the vessels of mercy would experience the riches of his glory. So what we're doing is we're kind of bringing together the sovereignty of God and the the free will of man in all of this, whether it is Jacob Aniso, whether it is the display of God's mercy and compassion, whether it's Pharaoh or whether it's the potter working with the clay. There is God's sovereignty, there is the free will of man and both come together. So ultimately, God's purpose is still fulfilled while man is going about making his free choice. And that's just an amazing, call it a mystery or an amazing working of the purpose of God. And having said all this, verse 24, Paul says, even us whom he called, not other Jews only, but also the Gentiles. And now he's saying, hey, everything I've said applies not only to the Jews, but also to the Gentiles. So God's sovereign purpose is at work, not only among the Jewish people, but among the Gentiles. And both Jews and Gentiles become those who say yes to God, now become those whom he called. So going back to what Paul was explaining, the God's purpose to the word he had spoken to Israel has not gone void, but he was speaking of those of the promise and he was speaking about the fulfilling of his predetermined purpose that would take place for both Jews and Gentiles, to everyone who would say yes to his call. So he's put both these two together side by side. What God was speaking to Abraham, he was speaking not just to the natural children, he was speaking to those of the promise and then his purpose will be fulfilled, is being fulfilled in both Jews and Gentiles who say yes to him. And then in the next set of verses that we're going to read, Paul shows from the Old Testament scripture that God had already planned to bring Gentiles in, that God's purposes was not just only for the Jews, but it was actually for Jews and Gentiles. So let's read verses 25 to 29, please. Romans 9, 25 to 29. As he says only in Hosea, I will call them my people who were not my people and her beloved who was not beloved. And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, you are not my people. There they shall be, they shall be called sons of the living God. I also cries out concerning Israel through the number of the, though the number of the children of Israel be as a sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved. For he will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth. And as I just said before, only the Lord of Sabbath had left us a seed. We will, we would have become like Sodom and we would have been made like Amorah. So the apostle Paul is quoting from both the prophet Hosea and the prophet Isaiah. So in, from quoting from Hosea, that's in verse 25 and 26, he says, you know, God already spoke, he already spoke, saying those people who are not called my people, I'm going to call them. She's actually referring to the Gentiles. And this is only one place, and there are other places, you know, especially even in the Psalms, we see, you know, the Gentiles will praise God, all nations will praise. But Paul is just quoting, you know, one, one from, one passage from Hosea, to show that God had already purposed that the Gentiles would call him and they would become his people, his beloved, and they would be called his people, they would become sons of the living God. So just like how God had spoken ahead of time, of Jacob and Esau, he'd spoken ahead of time on that he was going to deliver his people from Pharaoh. God has already spoken ahead of time that the Gentiles would come in and be his sons and sons and daughters. And at the same time, concerning his own people, the Jewish people, so as Paul quotes from Isaiah, saying that though there's going to be so many descendants, as numerous as the sand on the sea, God is going to cut short his work so that he can have at least some of these people for himself and not all of them be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. So he's presenting two contrasting thoughts. One is these Gentiles who weren't, he's letting them know, letting this audience know that Gentiles, we never thought God had anything for them, but actually he had already spoken and said they would all come in and become his sons. And then his own people, Israel, God actually has to kind of, it's almost like what we would think of as pre-pwn certain things so that at least some of them could be saved and be with him. Otherwise all of them will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah. So he's kind of contrasting. He's opening things up for the Gentiles, he's spending very kind and so on, but for his own people, he's kind of got to do a kind of like a rescue act, cut short his work so that at least some of them could be saved. And he's saying, hey, this was already spoken by the prophets. God already announced it earlier. So God's purposes continue to be fulfilled and this is what he has already spoken, that he will fulfill. So why then or what is the conclusion then? What about the Jewish? So let's say it was 30 to 33. What is happening with them? Somebody could read it. Romans 9 30 to 33, please. What then shall we say that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have obtained it? A righteousness that is by faith. But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness has not attained it. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone as it is written. See, I lay in Zion, a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. Thank you. So he said, okay, so what's the conclusion? What do I want to say? He says, this is what I want to say. That the Gentiles, they have got righteousness. That means they came into a right standing with God through faith. But Israel, this nation to whom God had given all the covenants, the law, the ministry and all of that, they, instead of receiving righteousness by faith, they are continuing to try to get it through the law and they can't. And they are stumbling over Christ. So that stumbling stone, he talks about verse 32, we know, he's talking about Christ because he says, I lay in Zion, a stumbling stone. They stumbled at that stumbling stone. We know later on in scripture, it's a very clear verse, Peter 2, that this rock is Christ. So what's the conclusion? Romans 9, if you want to summarize that chapter, Paul says, look, I have great affection for my people. I really wish they would be saved. And they are very special people. God gave them the law, he gave them the covenants, he gave them the priesthood, he gave them all the promises, all of that, very special. And none of what he spoke to them has failed, but it's being fulfilled in a different way from what we thought. What he actually spoke to them was that the children of promise are the ones who would be the real seed. And he's actually unfolding his purposes this way. He's continued to unfold his purposes. And his purposes were spoken by the prophets. And the prophets said, the Gentiles will come in and become sons of God. The prophets also said that among his own people only a remnant would be saved and that only if God cut short his work. And that is what is actually happening now, because the Gentiles have opened up to this message of receiving righteousness by faith. But his own people, the Jews, are struggling. Because they, first of all, they want to go about getting righteousness through the law, which they cannot, and they're stumbling at Christ. But yet, the purpose of God is being fulfilled. Because when God said to Abraham, in eyes that you will have your seed, just talking about people of promise, children of promise, those who would come in by faith. So the purpose of God is being fulfilled and man is responding to that purpose. And those who receive his mercy become vessels of mercy and they experience the riches of God's glory. Those who reject his mercy become vessels of judgment and they experience destruction. So that kind of summarizes Romans chapter 9, which I know was a little complicated reading through it, but the end is beautiful. He is basically saying how Gentiles are saying yes and the Jews are struggling, but God is fulfilling his purposes, which he had spoken beforehand through the prophets. Any questions, we can take some time to ask. Any questions or things you want to ask? Was it okay? Romans 9 somewhat clear. Come through. Okay. All right. So I think we've kind of dealt with some of the difficult part. Now, let's move on to chapter 10. Chapter 10 is pretty straightforward, which we will cover next week.  In chapter 9, he talked about the gardening analogy. He talks about one plant being grafted into the other. He uses that, but it may be a little difficult, but the point he gets across is God is bringing both Jews and Gentiles together. Chapter 10 is pretty straightforward. The message has to go to Gentiles. And that's the focus of chapter 10. We will look at it next week. Okay. So let's wrap up, close in prayer. Thank you for listening. If you want to go back and listen to this one more time, you know, the recording will be available. So take some time to just go through it. And what I would emphasize is as you try to interpret it, try to reconcile both the sovereignty of God and the free will of man as you try to interpret the chapter and don't totally disregard the free will of man, because then you'll just end up saying, you know, everything happens because God decided. Okay. Let's close in prayer, please. Somebody could pray with us and close. Anyone? Go ahead, Thomas. Father in Jesus' name we thank you, Father, we praise you. Thank you for the wonderful revelations from the book of Romans, Daddy. Thank you, Dad, for made us righteous. Thank you, Lord. We love you, we praise you, Father. Give us the grace, mercy and help of the Holy Spirit to walk in your righteousness, Lord. We thank you, we praise you. Be with us and guide us. Give you glory and honor in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you. All right. Let's go for a break and see you in the next class. Thank you. Bye now. Bye everyone. Thank you. Thank you. God bless. Bye now.


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It's the first time he's given a detailed account an account that Chicago police have said has been consistent He hasn't changed his story. They also said it's credible police have said that and also that he has been very cooperative It's been two weeks since that night in Chicago and he we talked for about an hour And there's so much more of the interview that's gonna be on nightline. You show the whole thing just about all of it Yeah, we do it's at the whole whole half hour Very powerful. All right, great job Robin. Welcome back everyone. Thanks for clicking I have to apologize for the lack of content over the last couple weeks I've been down with a bad cold after being bombarded with coughing snotty kids at Thanksgiving Now we're gonna go way back to 2019 when network and cable media were doing their part to help a washed-up actor perpetrate a hope I mean he had been attacked by two white Trump supporters who he said tied a noose around his neck and Then said this is MAGA country the story was just so stupid and goofy that most of us knew it was BS from the start But the media being who they are just ate it up without even a shred of investigation Why because it conformed to their narrative and biases they literally fall for these kind of hoaxes over and over and in doing So have actually incentivized people to keep doing it finally three years later He's on trial and it's not going good for him But I've noticed something very predictable about their reporting or lack thereof on this trial check it out and see if you notice The actor is expected to take the stand in his own defense last week Two brothers testified that small it paid them to stage a racist and homophobic attack against him back in 2019 small lettuce accused of lying to police about it Did you catch that not a single mention of the fact he claimed his attackers were white MAGA Trump supporters So it shouldn't surprise you that now they're trying to rewrite history by withholding important details a tactic that we all know They use on a variety of topics like cop shootings for example Which is why you get riots in Kenosha when the shooting was a hundred percent legitimate and everybody still thinks that Blake is dead Over at ABC they skipped around the truth in a similar manner saying quote from Chicago tonight Jury selection is now underway in the trial of actor Jesse Smollett charged with filing a false police report claiming He was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack including a noose around his neck He was later accused of staging it two brothers former extras on the program Empire claims Smollett paid them to fake the attack No mention of MAGA no mention of Trump supporters They can't say anything about that because it'll just remind people of why they shouldn't trust anything the media says jury selection in the trial of Jesse Smollett the actor accused of staging a hate crime attack on himself in Chicago Jury was picked in the trial of actor Jesse Smollett He is charged with six counts of felony disorderly conduct accused of falsely telling police in 2019 that he was assaulted in a hate crime in a controversial decision earlier similar charges were dropped Smollett has pleaded not guilty. Is there a little similarity there? I Think there is are you starting to notice a pattern here clearly? They're trying to scrub history and cover up their part in this charade no mention of MAGA now But back in 2019 they were like starving pit bulls on a piece of raw meat If Smollett story is found to be untrue it will cause irreparable damage to the community's most affected The incident would be touted as proof that there is a leftist conspiracy to cast Trump supporters as violent murderous Racists, why do you think you were targeted 45? I Come really really hard against his administration Smollett is known for speaking out against racism and bigotry He is also a frequent critic of the president today. The president was asked about the incident He also said his attackers allegedly yelled MAGA country a reference to President Trump's campaign slogan He told police one of them put a noose around his neck and in a later interview said they yelled MAGA country MAGA country MAGA country MAGA country MAGA country comment to suspects who were apparently wearing Make America great again hats the men yelled this is MAGA make America great again country his attackers also yelled MAGA country make America great again, and there is no doubt in your mind What motivated this attack? I could only go off of their words what he said happened to him Sort of fit in with a narrow not a narrative But a reality that there is a an atmosphere of menace and an atmosphere of hate around the country that made it possible for people to Either readily believe or want to believe go ahead and add this on the ever-growing pile of proof that you shouldn't trust these people Clever to be news reporters and journalists when they're quite openly in the business of deception Alrighty well if you'd like to support independent watchdogs like me go ahead and check out the description or pin comment for a list of ways You can support this channel you can donate on paypal You can subscribe on patreon or subscribe star or you can try out noble gold But make sure to tell him drone tech saying every little bit helps and I really appreciate the support Oh, and if you're interested in starting an emergency food storage might as well buy it from a youtuber that you want to support Just go to prepare with drone tech comm and check out those deals as always if you enjoyed this video hit that like button Subscribe and let me know what you think in the comments


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Spuidi kut상 wa kwato kutเรalilerai w vegana. Ase kini wanikini. Wif stalkin cmaditi w na k indoors. YVA hfia ni p aquele m retroubata favorit naτι. PガT qualify wki pegasivu z�bar cha ngi kêtainun Pbuilding工. We look weak. We can start with other questions. It was a bad day in the office. I don't know what to say. I think Olegana has to do better with the timing of his substitutions because I think he subs cost as that came. It seems he's not learning and that may be his undoing factor and we have the likes of Conte waiting. He may be sent home.  But we need results on the pitch. But I've seen teammates and even man united itself, the officials standing in solidarity with just a link following what happened. It seemed who costed the team to get a thrashing of 2-1. But I've seen how players have stood firm with him saying that it happens. It's normal for such a thing to happen in football. It is. Obviously he's the one who cost us the second goal. But you know you feel like the manager could have done better with the substitutions he had, with how he changed the game going into the second half. Man united seemed like they didn't want to attack at all despite having Bruno Fernandez, Ronaldo on the pitch. They just looked like they're going to sit back and that allowed young boys to really express themselves and really come at them. I think the biggest question marks will be around Olegana social decision making in substitution. As he said, we've seen that in the past two seasons, him making substitution or not making the right substitution at times. And with this squad right now, I don't think he should be doing that right now. We should be challenging for the title and the Champions League. But with him making such decisions, that is never going to happen. And when fans of our team start raising such concerns, it becomes very risky for our manager because I've seen what is going through between Pep Guardiola and Manchester City fans after he's appealed to them to show up in large numbers in EPL clash against Southampton and you know, the sort of musical chairs it's a bit exchange between him and the fans, some extent him saying that you know, he will call it quits in case fans are annoyed with these comments that they should show up in large numbers. Can such a thing happen at United? Yes, despite the fact that at United Guardiola has enjoyed a lot of support from the fans by the fact that he's a legend and from his heroics in 1999 what he did, the fans respect him so much, but the fans want to see it now. At the end of the day, he has been calling for depth. Now he's been given this quote that can lift a trophy. If he doesn't make it or he doesn't bring results, then the fans may start calling for him to go home. And with such kind of teams, teams like Liverpool, teams like Manchester United, fans have a lot of say and when they start asking for the sucking of a manager, you've seen it in the past, the manager eventually will have to go. And right now we have Allegri also who has expressed interest in Manchester United earlier. We have Conte who is a non-winner. You've seen everywhere he's gone, he's won with Inter, he's won with Chelsea and Olegana has nothing to show of it. And if you look at in all fairness, he's been given more time than any other manager post Fagason's time and he has not brought silver to Manchester United and that cannot go on for long. What is happening at, say, Pep Gadolia's exchange and Manchester City fans, he was upset that the first of all fans showed up, they didn't match the capacity during the game against Leipzig, but you know, you can't really blame the fans for them for going again, which city obviously going to thrash them and also again, they're in Manchester, they're not enough city fans there. But for Pep to talk to the fans like that, asking them to be there on Sunday against Southampton, he should have done that, I feel like he should have done that and they have been getting good attendance ever since the government removed the shackles from the stadiums to have the full capacity. It was just that Leipzig game where fans didn't really show up, but I think they've been having a good capacity in the stadium. But I disagree a little bit because what do the Manchester City fans want? Pep is playing good football, Pep has brought silverware, all they can do is support him. You can imagine Pep at Manchester United, the stadium will be overflowing. So I think he has every reason to ask these fans to come and support the team because they should really be behind the team because if you're playing home, you expect to have full capacity because at one given time you'll go away. When they don't travel away, you can understand. But it's just like the Manchester City fans want to behave like our fans here. We don't want to go to the stadium to watch the games and we keep on complaining that the teams are not performing.  What else do you want? In as much as I agree with you, I tend to think that Europe is not Kenya where supporters and fans of a football club are not passionate about football to an extent that they can fail to show up because in Europe, are you supposed to tell your fans large numbers because I think it's their own prerogative to show up because of the passion they have for this sport and must be reminded for the manager to come out clearly and tell them to come it means there's something wrong, they're really letting the team down because there's a time where you want that push when you're playing home and if these fans, they don't need to be reminded to come to the field, because the tickets are so expensive and the stadium is still full and at least you see for the Arsenal fans when they don't play well the fans show it by walking away at least they showed up but they were disappointed but these fans are not showing up but this was the first time during Manchinese time they also did the same and they was running them, come and support the team what do they want why wouldn't they go to the stadium? Another talking point of the week has been Mino Raiola a man whose name and United fans don't want to hear he has revealed that Pogba might be on his way out of Old Trafford to reunite with Juventus after the expiry of his contract what's this hola balu about Pogba's departure, exit contract extension at United First of all you know you have to look at Pogba saying these things about his future he did it last year last season and there was a little bit tassel between all the pandits and Pogba and he's doing it again and not just Pogba he also had words about the league then Juve so he's a very chaotic man but I feel like the players have the say and then I can actually tell him don't speak about my future in public before I give you the green light because he has been doing it too much he has to step him they must ensure that they keep their transfers or their ones silent until the right time is announced by the board is to unveil themselves or want to transfer out from their clubs but that man is chaotic can such statements be made of a player without his authorization I don't think so I think Pogba is also fueling that as a way of blackmail so that Manchester United will be thrown into panic because we've seen Mino Raiola has a problem as an individual but I think also the players he represents he ends up not giving them a good deal because you remember there was also the case of Haaland who was supposed to move didn't move because Mino Raiola was asking for crazy commissions so you see I think Pogba is messing himself up because even if you see no club would want such bad publicity even if it is that's why Real Madrid have not come for him despite him really wanting to go to Real Madrid Juventas have not come for him we've seen PSG he being linked with PSG they have not come out clearly and said in the past and said we want him because they also fearing the same may happen where if you come to Juventas and then you start fueling such kind of things no club wants such bad publicity I think I'll say what Gary Nebel said Pogba should just mature up because he has a problem but in general as a football world class player polished midfield maestro and a man that man united needs more and after work very hard and not to part ways with him right? I think United need him especially right now that they've brought in three key signings to help them push for the Premier League I think they'll need Pogba for a few more years for United to really regain their dominance to really go for the titles year in year out but that will not because because even you remember Salix had a problem with Rayola before even Pogba left United that he was still a youngster and the same guy is still problematic right now so it's either Pogba as he said he mature up he tells the guy to just keep quiet or he ditches the man and focuses on himself at United because he is a crucial player for Laguna social Let's speak about Friends League One Lionel Messi's move from Barcelona to Paris in Jemain I know some people are saying that it's here to be impactful it's been a shake start for him during League One rain but because we should give him time right? Yeah he should be given time I think what happened his move was overshadowed by Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Manchester United whereby when Cristiano Ronaldo came in there was an instant impact came in, played the first game, scored a brace and then Lionel Messi has a problem adapting to not only life on the field but also life in a new country because remember Lionel Messi has not left Spain to play for any other country this is the first time he is playing out of away from Spain, from Barcelona and like maybe Cristiano who played in England went to Spain went to Italy and is back in England so he should be given time and I think also as a club then Paris and Jemain has problems because the egos in the dressing room they are not really having that impact you will expect because if you look at that team on paper it's the strongest but when it comes to the field you expect them to deliver more but they are not delivering as you will expect so we cannot doubt Messi's capability what I think that it will take him some time to settle in and to start scoring goals Can your thoughts on Messi's reign at PSG the French Money Bugs and also Gini the guy who left Liverpool he has not had a good game since joining the French League one champions I think again it's just about adapting because Vinaldam has also spent a long time of his career in England with Newcastle and Liverpool Messi leaving Barcelona for the first time since he was a kid it's going to take time to adjust but I don't think it's going to take too much time by the end of the next after the next international break I think PSG will have found a rhythm because guys like Ramos Menes who also came in they would have had enough time and will see them perform really great because they on paper they look to be the best team especially in the Champions League they are heavyweights they have one of the best players in the world two others alongside him in the attack so you fancy them and they also have a good coach in Pochettino who knows how to get the best out of different players so let's just give them a little bit of time they adapt, they gel and Pochettino is preferred squad and we will see the best out of PSG of course as we speak right now we want to wonder as Menes Brentford so far still score less Burnley against Arsenal coming up later at 5pm East African time Liverpool is playing host to Patrick Vieira charges Crystal Palace at the same time Manchester City against Southampton in a team that their manager Pep Guardiola has been urging fans no reach up against Watford and Dustin Villa will be finishing the days fix against Everton in late kickoff at 7.30pm Patrick Vieira can he bring another upset maybe because look at what he did against Tottenham nobody expected a three nil and a bearing in mind that he is not played in the midweek when Liverpool played played in the midweek against a tough game for them and as we said earlier on Liverpool's squad is aging most of them may not be able to to give proper performance on a Wednesday and on a Saturday so he may cause a challenge today however difficult it is he will give Liverpool a run for their money Wilfred Zaha is he such huge effect on the team and to determine the outcome of the clash in their favour obviously Zaha is their biggest player we know what he can do with the ball at his feet we know he can drag defenders out of the position but last week I think people got introduced to Edward who came from Celtic on your debut to score two goals and scored the first one just seconds after being on the pitch it's a really big thing and I think finally Viera got that one win that one result that will give his team confidence to keep on progressing and keep on playing the way he wants so they are upset Liverpool have had a really draining match against AC Milan because AC Milan just showed pure quality it was a very heavy game on a Wednesday night and maybe they might have not fully recovered yet but Palace had rested well during the week and would be going into this game so we could focus on the Liverpool game so if they are to upset Liverpool I think that will be really amazing for Viera's side Burnley against Arsenal Burnley coming into this particular clash after their manager extended his stay a difficult game for Arsenal however much I know Arsenal fans would like to win this one so that they move from the bottom the bottom three but it's a difficult game we look at the style of play with Burnley they play a very tight game they lock their defense tightly they are very organized defensively and they rely on long balls long balls have been a problem for Arsenal players to deal with Arsenal for them to win this game their main objective is not to concede fast because you realize that the games that Arsenal have conceded fast it becomes very difficult for them to come from down and win because they don't have those players who push them when they are down and that is what is lacking in the team however much they have great talent in the team in the likes of Saka and the young boys but I think it will be a difficult game for Arsenal today do you think Burnley also will be looking forward to put their wuz behind after getting beaten by Everton in Monday night football 3-1 yeah yeah yeah but I think when you look at the past and recent seasons Burnley always have a slow start in the game weeks come and go you know as you said they are defensively sound they have two good centre-backs Benmi and Takoski and they have Nick Popper great goalkeeper and Arsenal if they concede fast against the Burnley side which uses crosses which uses service to try and get goals I think they will find it really really hard to score against them because Burnley defensively on that day they are really organized they have a personality that was converted by Abomayang and that squad looks so unfamiliar is it at media to many signings did Arsenal sign a lot of players that you know we getting into the team sheet then we get surprised who is this for them I think they just didn't make signings that improve them you know they had no big names okay they brought in Lokonga Tava Rez they are all great players but if Arsenal really wants to go back to the big six again as many have said they have to behave like the big six clubs if you look at the co-asenals squad it's the same guys from last season you will still find Shaka El Nene all those guys in that team they never really brought that one key signing that can really push this that one person from another big club who has the desire and the mentality so for Arsenal I think they spend the most money but I choose to believe they spend it wrongly I agree with you they didn't spend the money on the right players because what they needed they did not need talent they needed a winner they needed a leader and you look at the players that Arsenal is relying on to lead them players like Shaka I don't know what happens to him when he comes to Arsenal when he comes to Arsenal the other game before Norwich the other game is the one who caused them with a red card he becomes very erratic and these are players whom they are relying on to rally the team if you look at they have a captain who doesn't speak in my opinion he shouldn't be the captain because a captain is somebody who is going to drive the team forward who is going to improve the team by pushing the young lads and telling them let's do this for the badge let's play for the shirt if you look at Arsenal despite the poor performance the fans have stuck with them and they owe it to the fans to perform I think Katerta did not go for the right targets he went for Ben White I think you don't get Ben White 50 million look at variety 34 it doesn't make sense you need a leader when they lost Luis they should have brought in somebody who is more influential somebody who can drive the team and in the defence the likes of Patrick Vera the likes of Tony Adams who could drive the team you see that one they don't have that look at the Manchester United game whereby you see Bruno Fernandez he is on the bench but he is still trying to encourage the team we can do it, we can do it they need such kind of players Arsenal doesn't have another three points in the bag for Manchester City again because against West Ham Newcastle 2-2 and having been beaten the first game of the season by Everton 3-1 and also drawing with United 1-1 Pepcans team role Southampton today that's the thing because at home fans or no fans City will show up they don't lose a lot at home they don't draw a lot at home they always go for the win and City really peg them back for a long while in the game so Southampton I think when they lost inks they lost a lot of goals I don't think it has been who has been their striker lately Redmond and Armstrong they had guys like Armstrong looking for goals and they lack that one striker okay Che Adams has done great but he is not like that big man who is going to get you 10 to 15 goals a season and it will be really hard for them to go up against the City defense and goalkeeper today so I just see City going on on their good run of wins Agree with you because I think City have depth and Pep is going to play a whole different team from what he played midweek and the players who are there if you are substituting sterling with mares mares will still bring in another quality and the loss of inks simply because inks was a player who could score a goal out of nothing you remember last season Southampton will be placed will be pressed in their defense they will make one ball inks scores they don't have that right now so they don't have that threat so if today they sit back City will bombard them and they may consider a lot of goals tomorow tozu nama Guinness Chelsea in what looks like a Super Sunday can two tells who's begin tomorrow after what happened to Tottenham Guinness to a sweet side Crystal Palace 3-1 3-1 came that so one of their players getting red over a small mistake and I think that boils to a manager talking to players and telling them not to get involved in this avoidable skamishes and retaliations I think that boils to the team discipline and Tottenham have had a problem with that last season we had Crystal Palace having the same problem so I think he has to come up the coach has to come up and tell these players to come down they have injury worries after midweek also and it will be difficult for Tottenham to beat Chelsea tomorrow because Chelsea have a good tactician in Tushel and also have a good squad and they have players who are on form like Lukaku the guy will score a lot of goals he will score a lot of goals this season can we conclusively say that man might be the top scorer he has every chance Harri Ken, him and Ronaldo it will go either way he will score a lot of goals because Chelsea creates a lot of opportunities and remember last season we had Timoana and the other strikers so you could find that the strikers were not scoring so the goals could come from the likes of Kai Havertz from the midfielder but right now you created for Lukaku he has a poor first touch but he has good positioning he has the desire to really work hard and he works hard on the field and he will score a lot of goals because the chances will keep on coming So Chelsea's tomorrow is the day that Thomas Tuchel wants to continue with this winning and stylish record and as we speak I think pandits are all giving it to both Chelsea and Zeta as the favourites for the title crown do you agree? Yeah I have to agree right now because I've seen Chelsea out the setup they don't look like they look like the main business in the Premier League this season and also you know tomorrow they are playing Tottenham and Chelsea will win again there and now they are going to play against Chelsea who will be levels above the team they played in the conference league and Chelsea right now they know they have to win because United City and Liverpool are not stopping so they have to beat Tottenham and push themselves further and further up the table before the other big boys play and catch up to them and the advantage with Chelsea is that they are meeting these top teams early because everybody have already played against Liverpool so they have a good tactician into Chelsea he knows how to set up the team depending on the opponent and that is what Jose Moreno used to do study the opponent set up your team to counter the opponent and if he continues like that he will be able to win a lot of games and eventually he can run away with two titles maybe the Champions League again and the Premier League It's possible after getting defeated by Liverpool 3-2 in the Champions League football I think Liverpool came from behind right now Similan looks to meet Juve tomorrow 9.45 I don't know is there a likelihood that the big man's Latin Ibrahimovic will feature maybe he may feature but I think Juve is a little bit weakened by the departure of Christian Ronaldo they will not be as strong they have Debal up front now but Debal was there when Ronaldo was there he could create for Ronaldo and I think the Similan Liverpool I reminded us of the Champions League years back when Liverpool came from behind again to win it was a good game it was a good game any football fan I'm sure enjoyed that and tomorrow as they meet Juventas they put in that show they put on against Liverpool they may come out with something 10. I think Juve having Morata up front Debala I think they will really like Ronaldo's 20 to 30 goals in a season and looking at how they've started the league until they played Malmo who are poor side compared to what they play in the Syria even going back to the Syria it will still be tough for them because they only have one point they are playing a Similan who look amazing they have a lot of desire because last season they failed to hold on to that number one sport so now they will be really pushing for it and Juve right now in the league is a wounded animal and the other big boys will look to hurt them so as to open that gap between themselves and Juventas gentlemen before wind up your parting shot on what happened also on Tuesday Bayern against Barcelona ending 2 million favour of Bavarians and that was expected can we say Barcelona are no longer there as we were used to I think earlier on after the exodus earlier on this year we said that Barcelona will take 2 to 3 seasons and to rebuild and kumani is in trouble just like your team united would live up and went through some time back for us we have already rebuilt Barcelona are starting kumani is in trouble but at least Barcelona will take 2 to 3 years you took a decade because this guy is an undercover man but I think kumani is in trouble he will get a lot of beating because he has a team that has no identity because most of the key players who could identify Barcelona with left and he has to build a new team so he needs time and in Europe he will get a lot of beating he may not go far in the Champions League and then now you come home in the domestic league he is going against the likes of Vanchalotti so he may win nothing this season so Bayan are the favourites for Europe Champions League title they have to be because Nagelsman has also brought in another style of play which we saw on Tuesday against Barcelona they were moving the ball so fast the past season they were just going forward attacking but right now they are actually playing it moving it so well and it was really beautiful to see it against Barcelona but it wasn't Barcelona playing it Barcelona are launching balls to look they own something you'd never see happen I don't know how many years crosses and all that so for Bayan obviously they are the favourites alongside PSG I think because of their squad zone paper but for Barcelona it's so sad to see such a great club in the current state but they have to really work and come back from that state they are in right now they are in tab zone and see how it runs out thank you gentlemen for coming through and sharing your insights on international football and the headlines doing rounds on various publications regarding overall international football you know it's a difficult assignment interviewing man United duo in the studio who are very optimistic and ambitious of winning titles in the recapture of Cristiano Ronaldo but thank you and looking forward to see you again and hopefully in West Ham another aculian task good game gonna give tabs on that and of course thank you for tuning to the show and thank you for being part of the program to all those who have facilitated the success of this show big shout out to you and let's continue with the conversation why 254 channel at your CK Maxwell thank you and good bless


Hey everyone, we got a special weekend video for you today because Doug Bowser, yes, the president of Nintendo of America, answers some questions specifically about Switch hardware, specifically in regards to future Switch hardware and potentials for a Switch Pro. Yes, folks, we're going there. Now, before I get into this video, I gotta remind you, we are giving away two copies of Skyward Sword HD. Head down into the description to find out how to enter and I wish all of you guys luck. So Doug Bowser did an interview or something here with the Washington Post and we're going to go through this article together. It just kind of see what's happening and you know what, some people were complaining about seeing my mug too much, right? Like, oh, you're here too much. There's nothing on screen. Oh my gosh, what are we going to do? So I mean, here's the article, I guess. What do you want me to do? Fine, here's the article. Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America is a skill communicator and right now his message is clear. The Switch is doing great and new hardware will be announced when the time is right. The Nintendo of America Twitter account didn't stutter. This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo was going to be about software and the company wouldn't address any speculation about a new and improved Switch console. But Bowser, who as Nintendo's sales and marketing vice president oversaw the Switch's release in North of America, is happy to share the Japanese company's stance on advancing its technology. We are always looking at technology and how technology can enhance gameplay experiences. It's not technology for technology's sake, Bowser tells the Washington Post. It's how specifically can technology enhance a gameplay experience? And then where do you apply that technology? You want to apply it on current existing hardware and platforms? Or do you want to wait for the next platform? And then what's the right gameplay experience There's a host of factors that goes into it and it's something we're always looking at. Bowser gave this answer in response to a question about Bloomberg and other outlets reports on an upgraded Nintendo Switch. Confirming long standing rumors as well as some eager Nintendo fans waiting for the company to compete in technology again. Bloomberg reported that Nintendo plans for this upgraded Switch as soon as September. But the same report also said Nintendo may announce the console at E3. Instead, Bowser would rather highlight the upcoming slate of games and the diversity of the audience as they serve. It's been Nintendo's strength for decades. As Sony pushes fidelity in prestige storytelling and Microsoft pushes itself into a broad service provider, Nintendo is happy to continue a strategy of offering a wide suite of games and not just attract but nurture and grow its audience. As we enter our fifth year, Nintendo really is redefining what a console lifecycle can look at and the vibrancy of that overall lifecycle with a strong cadence of content, Bowser said. Nintendo's sales strength makes it hard to argue against the company's tactic and with more than 85 million consoles sold as of April and according to the latest numbers from analysts from the firm NPD Group, the Switch remains America's best selling console in terms of revenue and units sold. Its games have also proven to have an evergreen life in the market despite new releases from other publishers. Mario Kart 8 Super Deluxe despite being a re-release. I don't know why this is Super Deluxe, it's Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. But anyways, a 7 year old game has no trouble staying among the top 10 games sold every month in the last several years. If there is a need for a new Switch, it's not being reflected in the continued steady growth. Despite the lack of hardware news, Nintendo has been expanding its business and has learned to lean on its powerful intellectual property which of course includes Pokemon and Mario. Both franchises have spearheaded the company's efforts in the smartphone mobile gaming space. Nintendo is currently the publisher of six mobile phone games with a Pikmin project within Niantic Studios, the developer of 2016's phenomenon Pokemon Go on the horizon. Bowser also highlighted Nintendo's partnership with Universal Studios to build out theme parks around the world with one already open in Japan and one each in Hollywood and Orlando soon. We view ourselves as an entertainment company that is focused on very unique entertainment experiences Bowser said. At the hub of this is our integrated hardware and software model and that model has allowed us over decades to generate the characters, the deeply immersive worlds and the IP we all know and love so well but we also know that there's an opportunity to introduce more people to that IP now. Nintendo mobile business helped them push characters and storylines into countries where the Switch isn't sold Bowser said. The gameplay is fundamentally different than what you see on Switch but we've had 650 million unique downloads of our six games available today. Bowser said emphasizing that each game from fire emblem heroes to animal crossing pocket camp all serve unique experiences in different genres. Our smart device strategy has allowed us to reach consumers in 164 countries already. We believe we've been able to broaden the audience of people who now experience Nintendo games and can bring them deeper into that integrated hardware software system and the deeply immersive games that you and I know and play. He also highlighted Nintendo's recent partnership with Lego to create toys based on the Mario worlds and characters. It's unique to Nintendo. We're very selective and very careful about who we partner with when it comes to licensing Bowser said. We've had partnerships with Puma with the color pop cosmetics with Levi's quality brands that really bring the uniqueness of Nintendo overall. So as an entertainment company we're looking for ways that we can introduce our properties to consumers in a very unique and differentiated way and selectively but then ultimately bring them back into the gaming experience. We believe in this model going forward. Selectively seems to be a key word for Nintendo and how it deals with its partners and its community of fans. Nintendo has received widespread passionate criticism of how it continues to pursue legal filings against fan made do-it-yourself games and projects. Last year the pandemic was raging. Super Smash Bros Melee eSports tournaments tried to make doing so by using emulated files to prevent in person competition since the game is only available on the long defunct GameCube console. Nintendo pulled the support and shut it down. We do have a passionate community and we appreciate them very much and we always want to be listening and understanding as we develop content going forward Bowser said. There are times where we do need to reinforce our IP for reasons that I think are very critical. The protection of IP is very important when we think about our ability to continue to build on these properties and we hope people will understand that the reason we protect them the way we do or that that is the reason. That Nintendo said did make a major step recently in support of eSports programs last month and Nintendo and else a partnership with Playverse which brings Super Smash Bros Ultimate Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon 2 into varsity athletic programs starting this fall. Despite the switchers continued strong sales Bowser said Nintendo also struggles with supply chain issues to create and ship consoles out but he believes last year has proven out to be the resilience and vibrancy of the video game industry. It's no breaking news that the game's industry ballooned during the pandemic and Bowser expects the industry has taken advantage of that momentum the best it can. I think it's exciting time or it's an exciting time to be part of the gaming business I really do. We're seeing more and more people engaged in part of their primary forms of overall entertainment. We're seeing various ways they can engage whether it's on a mobile platform or on dedicated platforms such as the Nintendo Switch. It's a vibrant industry going forward. Now look Doug Bowser said a lot and we're not going to dive into all of this. It's actually one of the most in-depth interviews that Doug Bowser we've had and all quite some time. I'm assuming this interview happened probably in wake of the Electronic Entertainment Expo as they brought up so this is obviously related to that and it's quite interesting just looking at Nintendo's philosophy on hardware. You know just scrolling back up to where you talked about hardware at the very beginning because literally they you know the Washington Post admits they directly asked him about that Bloomberg report what the heck is going on with this new switch hardware and he said you know we're always looking at technology and how technology can enhance gameplay experiences. It's not technology for technology's sake so they're not just going to upgrade the switch just to upgrade the switch they need to have a reason they feel like to do that not just hey people want more powerful hardware so let's give it to them and you know and they said how can technology enhance a gameplay experience which again we all know that one of the big benefits I think one of the biggest benefits of a potential Nintendo Switch Pro isn't even okay 4k DLSS output which would be great. It's frame rates obviously improving the gameplay experience can you know begin with improving frame rates. So when you're looking for how could we enhance a gameplay experience by having hardware out there that's capable of running your games at all at 60 FPS locked that to me is a big thing and that's the number one argument to me at least for Nintendo internally to release a product like a Switch Pro I mean why did we get the new Nintendo 3DS it's not like it did some massive innovation no what it did is it made frame rates more stable that was the big selling point was smoother user experience especially when using something like Miiverse and then yeah being able to actually play games at decent frame rates I that was a huge selling point at least to me maybe you guys didn't care about that maybe it's just because hey by the time I bought a 3DS it was the one that was out there they didn't have you know standard 3DSs anymore which was a thing for a while then it says you know and when you apply that technology what's the right time to release it and do you apply it on current existing hardware so like the you know the switch as it is now or do you wait for the next platform so like does Nintendo take this technology use it now or wait for next gen and it's interesting we don't really know the direction Nintendo is going to take with any of this all we know is that they're obviously working on new hardware as Furukawa's already confirmed and I'm sure some of that hardware is for next gen and some of that hardware might be for an upgraded switch Doug Bileser wouldn't confirm one way or another whether this hardware you know whether in answering this question about Bloomberg's report notice that he didn't deny the report and I think that's important to note here because if that report did not include any accurate information right because that he was asked specifically about Bloomberg forget all the other rumor people asked specifically about Bloomberg email the Washington Post got part of it part of the book article wrong they asked him specifically about new hardware according to the Bloomberg report coming out in September or October and instead of him being like yeah that's not happening you know we're always working on new hardware you know we have nothing to announce today there'll be you know something that we announced you know years down the line etc etc etc like we're clear you know one of those we're always working on new hardware of course and we have nothing to say on that report which is nintendo's typical response he literally just went on a tangent about hey look we're always looking at technology we're not just going to upgrade to upgrade but we're going to upgrade because we feel like there's something viable and whether or not we're going to put out a new platform right next gen it's interesting to me it's a very interesting response because Doug Bowser was given every opportunity to just deny deny deny and shoot down that Bloomberg report it stayed dent he admitted they're working on new technology and he just won't confirm whether someone with their working hours for now someone with their working hours for next gen he won't confirm so we don't know so what do we learn out of this the biggest takeaway to me is that nintendo isn't denying the Bloomberg report they're not calling it false they're not saying we're working on something new for years down the road they're saying hey when the time is right we're gonna drop something when that time is right only nintendo knows so take this for what you will Doug Bowser did talk about new hardware and we'll have to go from there link to the washington post article down in the description if you'd like to reread it for yourself if you feel like my reading of it didn't give you full context or if i fumbled too much for you guys i know i fumbled through some of the words uh thank you guys so much for tuning in credit to washington poster great job and i'll catch all of you guys in the next video by the way before i sign out go bucks go baby we're in the eastern conference finals how many of you guys how many of you guys there was someone who had a bet with me someone made a bet with me from the comments someone made a bet that the bucks we're gonna lose to the nets how do you like me now


Hello there, everyone, and welcome. It's Melissa Armour taking a look here at Facebook earnings. Let's take a look at this chart. This is the best Facebook's looked in a long time, quite frankly. Well, this is definitely going to help the market. This looks like a goodbye over 170. Much better over 175. And it's at 162 now, so who knows here where this could be by tomorrow morning. And this just came out. So I definitely think this is a watch for tomorrow to the upside. But long term, it's much better over 170 and confirmed over 175 for a long in Facebook, which is, you know, who knows? Tomorrow morning, this could be at 170. So I'll like it a lot better there than here. Let's take a look and see how this is affecting. Apple was not a good gap up, but with the market rally. And now Facebook, let's take a look here. No, I still don't like this. So Facebook is a watch for tomorrow, better over 170. And again, this is an earnings gap. I'm not going to bother rating this tonight. I prefer to rate things in the morning. But I have a method where I rate the gap in the pre-market. You can do it at night. I'm just tired today. But I usually rate things in the morning. And then it tells me if it's a long or a short. OK? Good luck. If you watch this tomorrow, and if you're interested in learning my Golden Gap method, email me at melissa at thestockswish.com.