So we got an announcement to make we got a huge announcement to make I know you're probably thinking why don't you get him married? But you want to leave away Yeah, we're gonna wait on that announcement the big announcement that we got right now is we've decided to co-launch co-host a Podcast it's something I've been thinking about for a while I actually The guy that shoots my video Else shout out to else told me for about three years to do one. He's like Omar You just talk talk talk do a podcast so I actually came down here to California my boy Ryan helped set up a podcast I did like one or two episodes then I saw Mike again It's like being reunited with your long lost love your true passion and we're about to do I was about to do podcasts I invited Mike on and went stellar and I'm like, you know what that spark is still there and for an entire year Daily messages and emails asking me to start a new podcast I had it in the plans And it was just a matter of finding a co-host or finding how I want to execute it on my own But naturally now that we've already recorded a few Seven the two of us together Unstoppable on the podcast I'm gonna be honest 100% But it also just turned we didn't even have to think that much and it just turned into the podcast that I think both Of us are not only proud of that and they were excited to share with you guys and hopefully even extend outside of this Community although we love this community. I so I think a basic thing just to give a quick preview of the podcast It's not gonna be a fitness oriented But I think a lot of people will be quasi, but we'll definitely expand far beyond that My problem is I have a short attention span. No shit You guys probably have realized that and so for the format of a podcast I get bored by a lot of hosts too easily This one's kind of like action-packed raw if you want to see kind of matter I don't want to say our true opinions on things But we're trying to try to share with you guys knowledge and information. We're a little bit more reserved So the analogy is hard for Omar, but for me, this is silent Mike. This is fitness. This is lifting. This is my passion This is what I coach. This is where I lie my expertise and this podcast is gonna be more Mike far if that kind of makes sense And same for Omar, even though Omar East office still gonna be Omar. Yeah Can I give I can give just maybe an example if the YouTube videos are kind of like the browser's preview The podcast is the full damn thing the whole so this is the page's description, but it's still free Yeah, but it's still free. I don't gotta pay for shipping still get your nut on and what we need from you guys right now Is to comment below and please be serious because we're gonna take you this into account Give us your best podcast name for a thing and also one thing Please before you give the suggestion Just search if it's already been done because I would help because honestly We've had two to three names that we've loved that we're like yep This could be it and then we find out it's already been done. So just before you suggest it Boom. Yes, and now we're gonna hop into your questions on Instagram silent Michael 2k's Omar Esauph on Instagram We're taking your questions and now we're gonna answer questions. Yeah, man here to help you guys out. Okay, that's special All right, you too is a meal used to is a meal You know a snack is something but a meal is divine. Why is Omar not competing? Sorry? I'm just like what is that? Yes, go away. No, I was gonna say what I mean power from way I am gonna be doing a weightlifting meet I'm planning on 2018 One of us gotta represent we both try to do it But I am planning on doing it if I was to do power thing. Honestly, it probably consumed the rest of 2018 I made a commitment to myself to do weightlifting. I might not and I won't be honestly graded it But I fall through on things I do I said I was gonna delve 600 pounds took me two years of back injuries came back and did it Smash it here. Give me 30 seconds on this one because we can go mega Could you explain us what is block periodization and how to program it? I'll so we can't you want me to do it. Yeah, yeah All right, so we so we can't really explain on how to do it because that's so in-depth and that's basically saying like hey Mike take your 10 years of programming knowledge and throw it at you Can't make a 20 minute video in 30 and even a 20 minute video You can't teach someone how to program per se But there's some basic principles block periodization basically means that you're blocking out different phases for different goals In lifting and fitness and basketball. You can do it in any sport or even life, right this month I'm really gonna focus on my kitchen I'm gonna make my kitchen nicer this month. I'm gonna focus on my bathroom make that nicer this one I'm gonna focus on my windows make them clean whatever in terms of lifting. It's typically Hypertrophy strength maybe work capacity, maybe general strength different things of that nature depending on your sport How to program is very complex I think if you watch every single video he ever put out and I put out you might have a good taste And even then it's still very difficult to explain without applying Yeah, just think about it like this Professor bore bore Shaco to talk about just specifically his program and the programming principles It took him about four to five hours and that's without him defining like terms and things That's just yeah, just rolling. Yeah, yeah So yeah, never think that what we say in a few videos are representable We think about programming or explains programming perfectly that is one thing best served for like books and actually reading about it What and how did you guys come up with the name at Kaiser and and why? So this is a good question We came up with the name at Kaiser and essentially because it represents all of what we're about myself So I'm like in Barquan where we're about that continuous improvement. It's a Japanese term We decided to spell it a certain way Kaiser and without the a in it But all of us on our journey I see also often on social media people want that quick buck or that quick Transformation that quick strength game and we know from years of experience coaching people lifting ourselves It's about continuous steady improvement. So not trying to rise fast and quick. Yeah, and then burning out quickly It's about that continuous improvement towards yourself towards you're lifting in every aspect you do in life Yeah, and also just not the comparative stuff. Oh, hey, I've been to 25 and 15 is that get her? Oh, hey, I saw soon so bench four or five. Don't worry about it If you worry on slowly getting better chipping away day by day step by step You're heading in the right direction and that's kind of what we preach That's what we live both in business life friendships family, etc And that's hopefully we you get it. You might know more about this next one than me CBD oil, you know anything about it. I honestly don't No, so CBD oil is one of the main cannabinoids in marijuana or whatever I don't know that much about it either I think it's legal in most places because it doesn't have psychedelic effects and and the new trend right now Is that it does help inflammation in things? I've never seen a good study or even someone in this nutrition world talk about it. So we can't really speak on it I do think it's interesting It's an oil that people think has a lot of antioxidants and some things that may help some Inflammation general pains even even almost like a very mild Advil sure But we're I think a science is probably inconclusive and we're definitely It's out of our element.  I just click that I was gonna say quickly someone said best exercise for bigger traps and that'd be trend in the glutes traps Yeah, trend in the glutes Receptors Destiny mean or a trap house trap. It's a wrap. Oh my bad. I thought yeah But for traps, I would say there's a few things. So if you do heavy pulls yeah over plump career time That's good and also overhead stabilization So as long as you do over at press frequently people ask me about my shoulders what helped I was over at pressing for a lot of 2017 2016 I was doing over at press four times at least a week and then also over at squats I'm a shitty weightlifter. Yeah, so I basically use my muscles to stabilize rather than have good form and good positions Yeah, so that also honestly help You don't always have to directly hit a muscle or use a muscle through a full range to make it grow and the traps in Particular like he said big deadlifts rack pull things of that nature stretches and forces it to work itself the other thing that I would add that helped me personally is just a heavy almost cheater Like lateral raises sure where yeah, you want to hit your medial dealt But if I fucking smash on them that I'm kind of shrugging and you can lose a good amount of weight there I got a one mic right here at the speedy JP Wants to know if you could pick only one parallel movement to do for the rest of your life and have to give up the other two What should you pick? I've answered this on it. Oh, yeah, I don't think I would say deadlifts Although my backs hurt and I'm not deadlifting for the next eight weeks I would say deadlifts as I think it hits the most muscle groups. Yeah, I can change it in multiple ways I can do you know kind of an RDL and things like that and it's still kind of a deadlift But yeah, I don't so is it for enjoyment or is it for function? I think for enjoyment for mine would be all of it Okay, so for enjoyment. I would actually probably pick deadlifts, but actually for function I would take the squat just because I find if I maintain my squat or increase my squat My delft goes up and not the reverse, but you're not allowed to do this. It doesn't matter. No No, but I'm saying for just every day doesn't matter it disappeared It's you know what and also I'll put it this way I would pick a squat You know why because I'm not as proficient at the squat as I am on the deadlift and then also the bench press So it'd be the one I could sink the most amount of hours into improve Yep, doing short small workouts, but not having to take a rest day then I think what my gentleman here saying is my man saying is if he's having small workouts Like shorter workouts less volume. Does he not have to take a rest day? Right, so you're doing higher frequency lower total man I guess I don't know if you're talking about powerlifting. He sounds a little vague But I think there's so many different variables. I think yes Because something simple as playing soccer playing basketball where the stimulus you're going through is yes, very difficult But it's not progressive overloading you like a barbell or weights getting heavier and you can recover from it, right? People people football players do two days They're running in the morning and then they're playing football at night So you can recover from such things if you're doing, you know body weight circuit You could probably do it seven days a week. Yeah, if you're powerlifting if you're using dumbbells even or Cables or whatever probably not it's probably better to rest Almost across the board. Of course, there's different factors involved, but four to five days a week Yeah, it's gonna work for most people in most schools how to program for squats. That's a good general question I would say that squats compared so first I think there is a correlation between your total muscle mass They found there's a stronger one when it comes to squats and the bench press as opposed to the deadlift So the deadlift I think you get trained less frequently and with less intensity and get more results I think you have to do more total reps when you are squatting I think that's why that Bulgarian like kind of squat every day at various intensities not necessarily going for a max You're gonna be very beneficial I do believe in squatting more frequently if it doesn't come naturally But if you squat more frequently you have to lower the overall intensity and volume per day and per session that you do I also do like working up to let's say comfortable singles when it comes to the squat Just get used to it because I do think and I find this is speaking to someone that doesn't squat It doesn't have a great squat that I need to keep that pattern smooth And as the higher percentages kind of like professor shake it would say that at higher percentages Your true form is either like revealed or you'll quickly see if you've mastered the form or not So I like to include a combination of high frequency moderate amount of intensity so usually training between that 65 to 80 percent And then a decent amount of volume. So what does that mean per week? Well about 30 to 50 probably total reps in that range and then also working up on occasion Maybe once or twice a week to a comfortable single that's between like 80 to 90 Maybe like 92.5 or At the most 95% yeah, I have a very general rule for all lifts and this is again very general rule for most people Deadlifts once to twice a week. Yeah, of course You guys are gonna comment the one person that gets away with three times a week and there are some but once to twice a week Squats three to four times a week works for most people and bench also about three to four Maybe even five times a week is kind of the optimal frequency and then volume depending on your stage of lifting etc Yep, someone wants to know opinion on companies like Herbalife Usana. I think You don't know those I is it a pyramid scheme and they're kind of like supplements are kind of commercialized supplements Look, I'm not a fan of any supplements. I've talked about that many a time here I know that some just do work and some may benefit me and you guys If it's for your health, I say try to hunt it down by food first if it's protein I say try to hunt it down by food first If it's you just have expendable cash that you're wanting to throw around sure you can grab some creatine Some caffeine some things to throw in but I don't like anyone and if it I don't like you I don't like you But if it is breaking it down, I would go to a more reputable source Maybe a small business because I am a small business fan. Yeah, although they can't be sketchy as well Just because you know if you're buying your protein from Walmart chances are it's not exactly made for us Right. All right, Chris Lugma wants to just say the statement best bromance of 2017 I was gonna say that another question. We got a lot of beautiful comments is how did you all get so cute? We're just born that way. It's cuz we're mama's boys. It's just the way that it is I also think that uh Not about that, but I think when people talk about bromance or this and that I think that is something I'm about to plug the podcast one more time because we filmed seven episodes. Honestly, buddy Come in 2018 probably leave your comments below. We need a name. Yeah I think but I honestly believe I am a cocky person in general But I think it's gonna do great because I think I think it's something that's not currently being being done in the space People are age. Yeah with our mindset talking about and look, we're not trying to plug away But here's another one. One is the Shaco program coming out that the goal is for the full program to be released mid January, but we're gonna pre-sale it like so in December Hopefully two to three weeks from one day to Instagram in here. We'll have it available.  He's very charming He's very funny and he's fun to be around and if you have those things going for it He's hard-working. He's our working cat. If you have those things going for you, you'll probably be alright Here's a decent one for you go worst client experience. I have a story already Probably the one that irritated me the most was when I first started lifting I've first started coaching people straight up just because I wasn't used to it I was told I was someone that did not like getting up early like once puberty hit I used to get up at 5 30 before puberty then puberty hit. I'm like Still going through puberty cuz yeah, I still sleep in. No. Yeah, I'm a grown boy What I was gonna say is this client I remember I saw the client one time and they booked in at 6 a.m Was their session and at the time because I only bought one session. They didn't buy no, no, they bought the package Oh, alright, and you got a sacrifice But what happened is there's a cancellation kind of rule or like whatever we didn't have to charge our worst Because I was a new trainer and you want to make a good impression and my next client was like six hours later So that means if I didn't show up then yeah, I could have slept in they canceled on me like six or seven times Yeah, that's annoying brutal. That isn't that is annoying. I'm sorry, but I think my tops you really good Oh, I bet so same as so much situation I'm probably a year or two into training personal training in a facility for those that never had a personal trainer Typically we have one or two meetings before you start to train Now you have a meeting kind of talking about the packages is selling what their goals are yours are and then you kind of Have maybe even a medical one We had some kind of survey you filled out you filled it out and then we went over the questions Hey, are you just your shoulder hurt? Do you have any heart issues? Does your doctor any restrictions or any medications all these things had this lady probably probably in her late 30s at the time I'm probably 20 She everything's clear, you know slightly overweight nothing crazy Not not that active but walked a little bit no hard attack No real issues No real issues going on. It's it's Saturday which in the commercial gym world is very dead It might even been Sunday, which is even more dead My homie Matt shout out to Matt Chima who got me on Instagram. I didn't know what Instagram I just reunited with them. We worked out the other day. So shout out to my boy Matt Matt's in the office He's he's a selling gym membership. So he's in the office just chilling. He's eating a donut We're doing a very simple circuit. This is part of my third session with her. We're going tricep pushdown Right. We're going to a lunge down the strip We have an open strip maybe 20 feet nothing insane right? It's probably eight steps per lay Yeah, and then from there I think I had some dumbbells at the end of that and we're doing some curls or something Yeah, so you go up or lower up a little bit. It's a leg day and we're just throwing some arms on the end Towards the end of the lunges. I'm not feeling so good like all right. I sat her down on the machine You know sits on a machine I turn around to go like grab a water or towel or something.  What was it?  She's like she's like yeah, that's why I stopped running. I said you stop running It's like every time I was running I would faint and so I stopped running. I said Meeting we had two weeks ago. You told me every time I move fast. Yeah faint. Yeah And you should probably just go to the doctor again because that's not normal. Well, what happened there. That's it Then she never came back Maybe she came back for like one more session man. She was fine. I'm she's like RP ear percentage Let's not get into detail on it's too complicated. Yeah, what do you like? If I could control all outside variables percentage. I like to be coached with per Senate and I personally do coach with percentage. I do better But in my off-season stuff most of my stuff's pretty auto regulated So if you want to call it RP, that's fine, you know auto-regulation RP are different No, yeah, I've been down with a mic to cheer stuff like I'm down with OPP Bro, like I think I made a video about auto-regulation like 2013 or something Yeah, I think if more people had access to like my job like bar velocity and other cool things They could be cool. I would love to use a 10-year unit every day But oh dude and set it up. Yeah, and set it up and calculate in What are some preferred exercises to fix a quad in balance and we're gonna end it on this one hit us? Quad imbalance. Yeah, so I'm any imbalance because they're all gonna be so does that mean asymmetrical or quads are weak? I'm gonna take it in the quads are weak. I was gonna take it as asymmetrical. Oh, well, that's easy I was gonna say do asymmetrical because I get that a lot like oh one arms bigger than the other one Pecs bigger than the other. What would you tackle? So often what is often the case? What's going on there's one side you're probably more dominant is the side that you're more confident in probably because you're wired Just more efficiently when it comes to your nervous system like when it comes to your brain So if you're left-handed like I'm left-handed that means my left hand or left side There's a form left-handed men are creative thinkers. I've heard that too doesn't apply to me. It's Oh, but my tinder just says hi But I was gonna say that what ends up happening you naturally become stronger because you're more coordinated So what you got to do you got to work on trying to activate I hate that phrase But what that means is some unilateral work starting on that side You could even do more warm-up sets So if you do walk-in lunges and use 60 pounds or ball games split squats and you work up to like a hundred pounds You do a couple sessions warm-up starting on your weak side Whatever the weak side is trying to feel that muscle activate when people say oh, I can't feel my glutes activated It's not an issue of them not doing work. There's they're not literally sleeping There's they're just not working as hard as they could be right think about like doing kind of like a half curl or a full Full curl. So you want to think about maximally trying to contract the muscles Yeah, I think that's gold unilateral movements in general not to stay away from the barbell Which is to do those extra after perhaps. This is most common in maybe super advanced bodybuilders who are looking at My new details or the beginner who everyone is a little bit imbalanced Yeah, one thing I would add to that is like a mobility or a technique thing So if you're benching and you're like this You know like one shoulder shrugged and one's kind of down and back or whatever of course you're gonna have a balance this Yeah, maybe you know we're like this delts gonna get a little bit bigger and this pecs Sure a bigger so unilateral work make sure that you're even something like a tempo lift With the barbell can force you to be more even now same thing with your leaning either side You guys know what it is Comment below with the podcast name. It's coming soon. It's coming You know this guy Omar is off all this stuff will be in the description and hopefully once we get a name We'll get the URL and we'll get these things set up So you guys can be the first to know when the podcast is dropping appreciate So leave your comments below with the podcast is coming. We just need your help to find a dope name We both like kind of creative names, but we don't like anything too crude or to the point Yeah, get creative get your mind the bang bus podcast all that We're also gonna get the URL right away. So you guys will be the first to know Yeah, I know who it is Omar yourself and are you guys excited if you are excited make sure to like the damn video Give it what what's a good number to two thousand likes. Let's get 2k if you're the 2k 18 podcast takeover Oh, it's gonna happen. Bye Bye


Today, we begin a new series from a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book is called A Princess of Mars. It is the first book in a series that Mr. Burroughs wrote about a man who travels to Mars during the last years of the 1800s. There, the man meets strange beings and sees strange sights. At first, he is a captive, then a warrior, and after many battles, a prince of a royal family. Shep O'Neill begins the story of A Princess of Mars. A very old, how old, I do not know. It is possible I am a hundred. I cannot tell because I have never aged as other men do. So far as I can remember, I have always been a man of about thirty. I appear today as I did forty years ago. Yet, I feel that I cannot go on living forever.  I do not know why I should fear death. I, who have died two times, and am still alive. I have never told this story. I know the human mind will not believe what it cannot understand. I cannot explain what happened to me. I can only tell of the ten years my dead body lay undiscovered in an Arizona cave. My name is John Carter. I am from the state of Virginia. At the close of the Civil War, I found myself without a home, without money, and without work. I decided the best plan was to search for gold in the great deserts of the American Southwest. I spent almost a year searching for gold with another former soldier, Captain James Powell, also of Virginia. We were extremely lucky. In the winter of 1865, we found rocks that held gold. Powell was trained as a mining engineer. He said we had uncovered over a million dollars worth of gold in only three months. But the work was slow, with only two men and not much equipment. So we decided Powell should go to the nearest settlement to seek equipment and men to help us with the work. On March 3, 1866, Powell said goodbye. He rode his horse down the mountain toward the valley. I followed his progress for several hours. The morning Powell left was like all mornings in the deserts of the great Southwest, clear and beautiful. Not much later, I looked across the valley. I was surprised to see three riders in the same place where I had last seen my friend. After watching for some time, I decided the three riders must be hostile Indians. Powell, I knew, was well armed and an experienced soldier, but I knew he would need my aid. I found my weapons, placed a saddle on my horse, and started as fast as possible down the trail taken by Powell. I followed as quickly as I could until dark. About nine o'clock, the moon became very bright. I had no difficulty following Powell's trail. I soon found the trail left by the three riders following Powell. I knew they were Indians. I was sure they wanted to capture Powell. Suddenly, I heard shots far ahead of me. I hurried ahead as fast as I could. Soon I came to a small camp. Several hundred Apache Indians were in the center of the camp. I could see Powell on the ground. I did not even think about what to do. I just acted. I pulled out my guns and began shooting. The Apaches were surprised and fled. I forced my force into the camp and toward Powell. I reached down and pulled him up on the horse by his belt. I urged the horse to greater speed. The Apaches, by now, realized that I was alone and quickly began to follow. We were soon in very rough country. The trail I chose began to rise sharply. It went up and up. I followed the trail for several hundred meters more until I came to the mouth of a large cave. It was almost morning now. I got off my horse and laid Powell on the ground. I tried to give him water, but it was no use. Powell was dead. I laid his body down and continued to the cave. I began to explore the cave. I was looking for a safe place to defend myself or perhaps for a way out, but I became very sleepy. It was a pleasant feeling. My body became extremely heavy. I had trouble moving. Soon I had to lay down against the side of the cave for some reason. I could not move my arms or legs. I lay facing the opening of the cave. I could see part of the trail that had led me here, and now I could see the Apaches. They had found me, but I could do nothing. Within a minute one of them came into the cave. He looked at me, but he came no closer. His eyes grew wide. His mouth opened. He had a look of terror on his face. He looked behind me for a moment and then fled. Suddenly I heard a low noise behind me. So could the rest of the Apaches. They all turned and fled. The sound became louder, but still I could not move. I could not turn my head to see what was behind me. All day I lay like this. I tried again to rise and again, but I still could not move. Then I heard a sharp sound. It was like a steel wire breaking. I quickly stood up. My back was against the cave wall. I looked down. There before me lay my body. For a few moments, I stood looking at my body. I could not bring myself to touch it. I was very frightened. The sounds of the cave and the sight of my body forced me away. I slowly backed to the opening of the cave. I turned to look at the Arizona night. I could see a thousand stars.  I could not stop looking at it. It was Mars, the red planet, the red god of war. It seemed to pull me near. Then, for a moment, I closed my eyes. There was an instant of extreme cold and total darkness. Suddenly I was in deep, dreamless, peaceful sleep. I opened my eyes upon a very strange land. I immediately knew then I was on Mars. Not once did I question this fact.  You do not question the fact. Nor did I. I found myself lying on a bed of yellow-colored grass that covered the land four kilometers. The time was near the middle of the day, and the sun was shining full upon me. It was warm. I decided to do a little exploring, but I was too tired to do it. I was too tired to do it. I was too tired to do it. It was warm. I decided to do a little exploring. Springing to my feet, I received my first Martian surprise. The effort to stand carried me into the Martian air to the height of about one meter. I landed softly upon the ground, however, without incident. I found that I must learn to walk all over again. My muscles were used to the gravity of Earth. Mars has less gravity. My attempts to walk resulted in jumps and hops, which took me into the air. I once landed on my face. I soon learned that it took much less effort for me to move on Mars than it did on Earth. Near me was a small low wall. Carefully, I made my way to the wall and looked over. It was filled with eggs, some already broken open. Small green creatures were in them. They looked at me with huge red eyes. As I watched the fierce-looking creatures, I failed to hear twenty full-grown Martians coming from behind me. They had come without warning. As I turned, I saw them. One was coming at me with a huge spear, with its sharp tip pointed at my heart.


Hi everyone Sean with jaspys case breaks calm we filled it 1617 canini immaculate basketball first offline one box break random team number four Chasing Cobies like that, which would be incredible. So hopefully we see one of those, but we're also looking for Jason Tatum Donovan Mitchell. It's actually a really good rookie class, but Bama to bio de earn Fox Laurie marketing lots of others too. So all card ship Doesn't say it, but 30 spots 30 teams randomizer. So we're also looking for one bonus base emerald parallel Numbered to only five in every first off the line box. So base card bonus emerald parallel number to five or less Here is our customer list from Josh Proust You can see we did a filler here mosaic 673 where Andrew swept the field on that And It's coming out. They got the last spot mojo. So let me add that for him and mosaic 674 as well And if anybody's wondering Why this looks different from when I copied it over Greg Whaley who Won three spots out of the eight nine that we gave away actually Said to give one of his spots to somebody else. So Michelle Wright. They filled in there Just so that's on record And here is the teams from the Hawks down to the Washington Wizards dice world randomized both lists and pair them up three and a two You know what? I'm yeah, I'm wrong on the rookie class. Sorry. I'm thinking 1718. I'm off by one year My apologies, but yes Jamal Murray Ben Simmons. That's my my fault Uh Three to two five times. It's late. I just got too excited to find stuff in here fifth and final time Michelle Wright down to Michael Scalfani. I mean it'd be really cool if we found a Mitchell or Tatum in this I guess then since they weren't even in League Three two five times five times on there and now five times on the teams fifth and final time Denver Nuggets down to the Los Angeles Lakers You can see five times there and five times on the randomizer now Let's make this big enough for everybody to see Cool Michelle Wright with the nuggets Greg Whaley with the Blazers Andrew Sumian with the Grizzlies Michelle Wright with the heat Michael Sumian with the Spurs Greg Whaley with the Hawks Jay Goings with the Raptors Andrew Sumian with the Knicks and the Jazz Kumeyabi last spot motor with the Bucks Michael Scalfani with the Wizards Mike Wies with the Rockets Andrew Sumian with the 76ers to Kumeyabi with the Magic and the Pistons Ryan Kasin with the Warriors to Kumeyabi with the Suns Andrew Sumian with the Cavaliers Mike Wies with the Nets Michael Robinson with the Celtics Andrew Sumian with the Timberwolves Greg Whaley with the Hornets Matthew Parsons with the Kings Andrew Sumian with the Thunder to Kumeyabi with the Pacers Josh Proust with the Bulls Michelle Wright with the Clippers Andrew Sumian with the Mavericks to Kumeyabi with the Pelicans and Michael Scalfani with the Lakers So that is the randomization Now let's sort it by team Trade window is open So take a look and see if anybody wants to do any trades here Give it a minute or so While you guys are trying to figure that out We do need to figure out one more thing which is what box we're going to do So these are the 1617 not 1718 like I was for some reason thinking in my head First off the line immaculate boxes you can see right there And it looks like we did one box earlier where we had them numbered So One two on the dice for the top box three four on the box dice for the middle box and five six for the bottom box So we're going with the box on the bottom These two will be for picket random team five and six which will be in the store later on So it doesn't look like there's any chat on trades So if we're good let's print and rip I mean here's our final list Takumi Abbey last spot mojo with the Milwaukee Bucks first up Trevor Booker 39 out of 99 for the Brooklyn Nets and Mike Weas Miles Turner 13 out of 99 relic for the Pacers and Takumi Abbey Well Greg I I've appreciated hanging out and talking to you tonight Justin Anderson celebration signatures 66 out of Or no 68 out of 99 for the 76ers Andrew Sumian Nice Gordon Hayward three-color patch and auto 25 out of 25 for the Utah Jazz Andrew Sumian How's he doing that? Anybody know how he's doing with the in Charlotte? I haven't seen anything on him Oh, we got a triple auto George Gervin David Robinson Tony Parker San Antonio Spurs 15 out of 25 Andrew Sumian, that's pretty nice. It's a great-looking card. He's killing it so far nice. I Know there's a lot of people that are like, I don't know how that signing is gonna work out And I'm like a really good player. We'll find out Markief Morris relic 96 out of 99 for the Wizards Michael Sclifani 130s open put that in there afterwards and Our last one, this is the Emerald Kevin Love four out of five Emerald base, which is the first off the line exclusive for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Andrew Sumian So we had a nice triple auto on there nice Gordon Hayward and but not the rookie names we're looking for so Hopefully there's one waiting in the next breaks There you go guys That was 1617 panini immaculate basketball first off the line one box break random team number four from jaspyscasebreaks.com I'm Sean jaspyscasebreaks.com Check it out for more of that later on Thanks for hanging out. I'll see you next time


Hey, everybody, it's Craig back to here in this video. We're gonna talk about whether or not size matters when it comes to portrait lighting modifiers and specifically on outdoor portrait lighting situations. All right, let's get started. So with an outdoor portrait lighting situation, I like to use a 36 inch or 90 centimeter modifier. And the reason for that is, I think anything over 36 inches in diameter, it can really catch the wind. So I think it's really the ideal size as far as for safety reasons not having your modifier blow over. Now, number two, I think anything less than 36 inches can give you some harsh shadows. So if you're using a beauty dish outdoors on location, I think that shadowing is a little bit harsh, although some people may prefer that for outdoor portrait lighting situations. But me personally, I prefer a 36 inch modifier with two layers of diffusion. So for the example here and all of these shots you're seeing in this video, I use the Westcott 36 inch RapidBox XL. Now that's a silver interior with two layers of diffusion. Now what that does, it helps to spread out that center hotspot. So you have the inner layer of diffusion and then you have your outer layer of diffusion. Now you can use just about any 36 inch modifier from different manufacturers. This just happens to be the one that I use. Now I'm using this with the Godox AD600 Pro. Now the reason I'm using that strobe is that it allows high speed sync mode, which means I can shoot at higher shutter speeds. So if I wanna bring down the ambient light to match my strobe, it makes it a lot easier for me. I'll put links below this video to the Godox AD600 Pro as well as the Westcott modifier. So if you have any questions about outdoor portrait lighting situations, you can also post them in the comments section below. And if you're not already a subscriber, just hit that subscribe button, also hit that bell notification and then you'll get email updates as I release my weekly videos. Now if you found these tips helpful, give me a thumbs up. So let me just talk a little bit more about this. So I like to use the 36 inch modifier for a couple of reasons. One, like I said, because it's good in windy conditions. Two, I find that anything smaller gives you harsh shadows. But also two, it comes down to the distance of the modifier to your subject. So for a 36 inch modifier, I like to start at about three feet, which is about arms length. So whenever I'm on a shoot, I just sort of look at where my subject is. I just place my arm out like this and that's where I'll place the modifier for starters.  Now if I don't have a boom arm, if it's too windy for that, then what I'll do is I'll place it either 45 degrees to the left or to the right, depending on the subject's good side. So I'll often say, do you have a good side? And then they may say, well, this side of my face. And then I have to decide what type of lighting situation do I want? Do I want short lighting or broad lighting? In some cases, I'll do both just to cover my basis because sometimes they both look good. So it really depends. But then I'll just position my modifier, I'll put up my arm and I'll start there at about 45 degrees of center. And then I'll look at the back of my camera and then I'll make a artistic decision of where I want that modifier placed. Now another tip too is to watch for the height of the catch light in someone's eye. Make sure that you don't have your modifier position too high or you'll lose that catch light. Also don't make sure that it's not too low or you'll have some weird shadow. So I usually like to keep it about, say, this high. So 45 degrees and down. I watch for the position of the catch light. I'm looking for 10 o'clock and two o'clock in their eye. Now also too, like I mentioned, I like the silver interior with the two layers of diffusion. And I like a round modifier because it mimics the sun in someone's eye, that catch light. So if you're using a square soft box, you get that square shape. So that's why I prefer the circular shape. All right, so thanks again for watching this video. If you have any questions or comments, you can post them down below. Again, if you're not already a subscriber, click on Subscribe and hit that bell notification for updates. All right, give me a thumbs up for this video if you found these tips helpful and I'll see you in the next one.


A lot of students sat for the NTA UGC NET exam this month. Irrespective of the subject for which you gave the exam, I'm sure that some of you might have felt that the paper was really tough and you did not perform well. I know how hard you have worked, but there's something very important you must know. The NET exam does not assist all of what makes you special and unique. The people who create these tests and score them do not know each of you like I do and certainly not the way your families do. They do not know that some of you can speak three languages or that you love to sing or draw. They have not seen your natural talent for dancing. They do not know that your friends count on you to be there for them.  They do not know that you participate in sports, wonder about the future or sometimes you help your little brother or little sister after school. They do not know that you are kind, trustworthy and thoughtful and every day you try to be your best. The scores you will get from these tests will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything. These tests do not define you. There are many ways of being smart.  So in the midst of all of these exams, irrespective of the results you get, remember that there is no way to test all of that which makes you amazing, which makes you you. Life will keep on throwing challenges in forms of problems. Giving up would mean certain and immediate defeat. Continuing one's efforts is the only guaranteed way to succeed. Edison said, our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.  It is said that he failed 10,000 times before succeeding in coming up with a tungsten filament bulb. When asked about his failures, do you know what he said? He said, I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Be like Edison and make this world shine. In a few days you are going to get the result of your exams and when you are going to see the answer sheet, answer key and you are going to see the score that you have got, please remember three things. Number one, accept yourself at that point. Do not remain in the state of denial.  Of course you deserve much more in life but for that you will have to first accept the marks you have got now. After all you have earned these marks and acceptance of these marks is a mark of acceptance of the self. The first step towards self-discovery. The second thing that you should remember, learn from your mistakes. Please do not remain sad about the poor result but instead concentrate on the mistakes you have made and try to improve yourself in those areas. If you have failed, it does not mean that you are a bad student or that you are not smart enough. It simply means that there are loopholes in your studying method that you need to focus on. That's it. And third, become the best version of yourself. I want you all to work hard every single day and try to become the best version of yourself. Next time when you sit for an exam you should be able to look at yourself in the mirror and say today I am going to be the best version of myself and no matter what the result is you have to again look at the mirror and tell yourself I gave my best. Trust me the result of that day will not matter to you anymore. You will still be at peace with yourself and feel happy and satisfied if respective of the outcome. Wishing you all the best for the future. Thank you.


G'day mate, 40 here. We're at Manly going on a walkabout. So in listening to some of Mark Shapiro's lectures on Zaharia Frankl, he might be considered the founder of conservative Judaism and Mark Shapiro says he was a greater scholar than Abraham Geiger, he may be considered the founder of Reform Judaism. And a greater scholar than Shimshin Raphael Hirsch might be considered the founder of Modern Orthodox Judaism. So all three of the modern denominations of Judaism got their denominational start in Germany in the 19th century. So Zaharia Frankl, he wasn't a left-winger like Abraham Geiger in the Reform. He regarded himself as as a creator of the historical positive school. So he saw Judaism as developed over time rather than just, you know, dropped by God from man to Mount Sinai 30 to 100 years ago and he also took a positive perspective on it rather than the more critical perspective of reform. Somehow that historical positive monarchy didn't really take off. Okay. Better watch ourselves here at the police institute. So Mark Shapiro notes that all the modern movements of Judaism they all regard themselves as carrying the mantle of the Pharisees. So from an unjust perspective, right, the Pharisees are supposed to be the bad guys from the perspective of the New Testament and Christianity that Pharisees are legalistic and small-minded and petty. But from Jewish perspective, like all one Jewish denominations may carry the mantle of the Pharisees. From Jewish perspective, the Pharisees are a dynamic and creative adapting Judaism to changing times and Mark Shapiro talks about finding a couple of post-sakes from 18th and 19th century or AOK with the counting women in a Minion, a prayer Minion. That's a quorum of ten males traditionally to constitute a Minion to be able to say certain prayers and and Mark Shapiro pointed out his Harvard professors at Ortovsky and said how radical this was and Dr. Ortovsky said what determines whether something is radical or not is time. Time and space, community, situation. That situation changes things whether they consider radical or acceptable. So there are a whole bunch of beliefs that are totally unacceptable today but were acceptable 120 years ago. Okay, so 120 years ago Jews were regarded as a race. There was race science. People felt good about their race, including white people, and times of change. That's no longer socially acceptable. So you want to form some kind of identitarian movement, you're going to be isolated, rejected, marginalized, persecuted. If you're white and you try to do it on the basis of white racial identity, but you do it on the basis of Christianity, then it's much less controversial. So instead of talking about race, you just talk about Christ as king and you see this is the approach taken by Nick Fuentes.  They realize that there's no the future in an explicitly racial identity. You have to have to fit your cause into the mantle of what works. So just like all Jewish denominations situate themselves under the mantle of the Pharisees. So to revolutionary movements of the 21st century, they're not going to usually be very successful if they come out and say we're revolutionary. Right? Usually you're going to be more successful if you tie yourself into tradition some way. Make the case that you're socially acceptable. So no one came along and said, while we're starting a new religion, people said, no, we're just fulfilling what's already here. We're just reforming what's already here. We're just setting straight what's already here. That's a formula that works. Coming along straight out and saying, we're here to create a revolution like Richard Spencer used to talk about. And that's a suicidal path. People don't want to sign on for that. Now, you can tie yourself into the past and practice iso-jesus. Meaning you read whatever meaning you desire into the past, into the text, even if it's not there, as opposed to exo-jesus, where you just try to deduce from the text what's there. So you can read meaning into it and still tie yourself into tradition. But you need a winning formula. You need something that people can hold on to. You need to show that you've got some time-tested formula that you're wired into the wisdom, practice, and rituals of the past. You can have a lot more success with that approach coming along saying, hey, we're going to change everything. So how much reforming can you do until you leave Orthodox Judaism? So one definition is that Orthodox Jews accept the authority of the Shulkhana Ruk, which is a 15th-century full-volume compendium of Jewish law by Yosef Karo. And we don't always hold by the Shulkhana Ruk today. Jewish law has adapted and changed since the issuing of the Shulkhana Ruk, but if you explicitly come out and say that you're jettisoning the Shulkhana Ruk, then that's going to leave you outside of Orthodox Judaism. Now, what you need to do if you're going to work within a system, within a group, within a tradition, within a community, within a people, you have to get other people to sign on. So if you just unilaterally abrogate the Shulkhana Ruk, you're not going to have any pull within Orthodox Judaism. But if you can phrase things in a way that gathers support from many other members of your group, your fellow Orthodox Jews or whoever your group is, then you're much more likely to be successful. Now, many people in distant movements don't really want to be successful. They just want to feel as though they're edgy. They just want to feel important. They're just in it for the feels. They prefer to live in their delusions rather than in reality. So those people are going to be successful.  And usually there are far more effective ways than directly trying to recruit people to your cause. Like if you can subtly insinuate that they came up with it on their own. They made their own journey to where you're at. And people can change effortlessly if they feel that they have agency and they are the force behind the change. But if you directly try to change people, they always resist. So it's not as easy getting communal support as people find it a lot easier to just go it alone. They have a lot more freedom, a lot more ease. But your work doesn't have as much resonance. You're much more likely to get ignored. This would also apply to my father. My father tried to reform the Seventh-day Adventist Church without gathering sufficient support among the administrators who had the power to bring about these changes. So even though he privately got many scholars or had many scholars on his side, the administrators, the people had the power. The Kenny sophisticated political plays in the church did not sign on. And in the end, Seventh-day Adventist Church rejected my father and rejected his reform of the message. And Seventh-day Adventism is more traditional and distinctive and gone in the very opposite direction of teachings. And my father is being left to the sidelines. So that's what usually happens if you pay no mind to your level of support. You pay no mind to recruiting people, using subtlety and flattery and care and compassion, right? Then you're going to have a lot more success than if you just try to bulldoze people or if you're just so sure that you're right, then people aren't going to listen to you. So we pretty much do everything with the consent of the community. Once you arouse enough opposition, right? You're going to be flattened. I mean, Richard Spence was a strong guy. But after the Hale Gate controversy, he thought that we were flattened. In fact, the cumulative toll of the hatred directed towards him has shifted him back into a mainstream perspective from 2020 on. So you just can't take living in the outskirts of society any longer. It's very painful to be rejected by society in the subject of tremendous opprobrium. It's a lot easier to work within the society. It requires a discipline. It requires a self-admigration. It requires taking other people's feelings into consideration. And for some people, this is natural. For healthy people, this is natural. If you're one of those people who naturally moves towards people, rather than away or against, then taking other people's feelings into consideration will come. Naturally, you'll be much more socially successful. If you are by inclination, someone who moves away from people, moves against people, like my father and me, very much of our lives, we're not much more naturally inclined to move away from people or against people rather than toward people. So that largely accounts for our social failures. Now you can form relationships, particularly with a spouse, I think with my mother. And that helped to moderate my father's tendencies to move against and to move away from people. And so, those tendencies were muted. You learn to move with people, move towards people, and it got along socially much better. But when she died, then his life was thrown into turmoil and moving away from people, moving against people became stronger and stronger. Though, I'm sure my stepmother at times was moderating influence in ways. In the end, that tendency to move away became dominant. He got kicked out of the church's ministry. So a formula for social success that moved towards people, moved towards the traditions that they love, the practices that they love, the interpretations that they love, and then seek to update them or modify them or slightly redirect them in a direction that is congenial with people and then you'll be able to build a following and a much more effective social movement.


I'm Chris. My name is Ricky and we play in Backtrack. We're really excited to bring the Blackstar heads on tour because they have extreme versatility. You can get a lot of different cool sounds. Got an awesome clean channel.  And you have the ISF knob which can give you a more modern sound or more British sound. And I can't wait to play that one every night. It's gonna be awesome. We've been using other heads in the past. Ever since we started using Blackstar everything sounds a lot more full. On the record we overdub guitars up to three or four guitars on each track. And with this it sounds just as full which is something we've been looking for for a very long time. We have a new record out called Lost in Life that came out in January. It's on Bridge 9 Records. You can pick it up at Bridge9Records.com. The previous guitar heads I've used it's very hard for both of us to find sounds that complement each other. But since we both started using Blackstar it's really easy to find two sounds that complement each other and in return sound super full. My name is Ricky from Backtrack. I'm Chris from Backtrack. Play Blackstar Head.


Your Coca-Cola bottler presents, Claudia, based on the famous play and novels by Rose Frankin Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola Relax, and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a Coke and now Claudia, I hear I thank goodness the telephone Don't ring so loud. You'll disturb David Oh, mama. I'm so glad to hear even your voice. Why, what's the matter? Well, even your voice sounds good to me probably because I haven't heard a human voice in hours Didn't David come home tonight? Yes, he's home sort of. And what's wrong? Well, he's home with a lot of work to do. He left me all floored in the living room with Shakespeare He's in the study with his blueprints Say mama, how are you? How's New York? Fine, fine, fine. How's the baby? Well, considering he's your grandson, he's not bad. Why don't you go upstairs and talk to him? Oh, that way lies madness. What have you been doing all evening? I have been reading a book. Oh, no. You? Oh, yes, I. Well, how'd you like reading a book? Well, I think it is terribly overrated. All this fuss people make about how wonderful it is to have an evening alone reading a book They've obviously never done it. I'd much rather talk. Maybe if you read a good book. Just try and find one. I'm fed up with most books, least modern ones. And you're only 19. Well, I think books are all either just like life, so why bother reading them, or else they're not at all like life, so why bother reading them? They all have a girl and a boy and other people. Why don't you down some socks? They're all down. You seem to forget it's been raining a great deal lately.  Mama, mama, don't hang up. I have nothing more to say. Who hang up? I'll have to go back to that book. Goodbye, Claudia. This is a fine way to treat your only child. Goodbye, child. Listen, mama, you hang up. Yes, you will, but... Listen, what'd you call up about in the first place? Nothing. I'm going to say goodbye now, because I know you're just bursting to get back to your reading. All right, then. As bad as it is, it is better than talking to you. Mama? What now? Listen, do you have a decent dinner? None of your business. What are you doing tonight? None of your business. Still early? Why don't you go to a movie or something, instead of just sitting home alone? When I want your advice, I'll ask for it. Hmm. You never want it. Right. Give David my love. Oh, what makes you think he wants it? Because he knows a good thing when he sees it. Well, thank you, mama. That was a very sweet thing to say to me. I appreciate it.  Goodbye. Good night, mama. Who's that, darling? Only mama, David. Only mama? Yup. Since when is mama only mama? Well, she's the only mama we've got, isn't she? How are you doing? I'm doing fine. How are you doing? Oh, just another hour's work or so, and then I'll be finished. Are you tired? Nope, not a bit. Feel fine. Sure, you don't want to stop working? Yes, I'm sure I don't want to stop working. Oh, that's what I thought. Like I want to, but I can't. In that case, go on. Get back. Don't loiter. Always bossing. How's that book you're reading? Terrible. What's the matter with it? I don't know. It feels as if I read it before. Maybe a half? David, if I had read it before, what would I be doing reading it now? I would not attempt to fathom your mind. The reason it feels as if I read it before, it's like every other book I read before. I was just telling mama, I know exactly what happens. What happens? Well, how would I know? I haven't finished. Look, you just said... No, no, skip it. Here, give it to me. Oh, no, darling, you'd hate it. You wouldn't read it for five minutes. It's such bad style. Oh, since when are you a literary critic? Well, I know a well-written book when I read it. You do. I love Dickens, and I love Mark Twain. Grimm's fairy tales like Hawthorne, too. Short stories like, oh, Henry, I like them. This book. And it's a bestseller, too. I hate it. Here, let me see. Here. He was angry with her, so angry that he knew he loved her. Now, can you imagine? One could hate only somebody one loves so much, and as he looked at her now, he felt a fist inside him. Pulling at him, making him want him to rush to her. I see what you mean. I bet you thought I didn't know a good book from being. I thought no such thing. Well, think what you will. I will. If you think I'd have married a woman who likes reading trash, you just don't know me at all. David, I think this is the time to confess something. All right, go on. All right, speak up. Well, it's just that I... Well, I don't like books with history in them, even if they're good. I know. You never were any good at history. You don't think that's awful? No one's perfect, not even my wife. Now that's sweet of you to say. David, when I go back to work, I'll find something. Isn't there one book in the house that you haven't read? Of course, but I haven't read that one. It's because I didn't want it before, so why should I want to know? No, darling, stop fussing about me. Go back to your work. Go on. You'll be to work sooner. I can't have you sitting around with nothing to do. Wear my conscience thin. Since when? Is that all the things I get? No, I didn't mean it. You're very sweet. Well, that's worse. I repeat, go back to your work. Stop talking nonsense. I won't manage. I couldn't work knowing that you were pining away with nothing to read. Well, I'll comb Shakespeare. Come here, Shakespeare. Why don't you read him instead? I have. You want to hear a quote? Yes, I'll hear a quote for Sooth. Who is Sooth? Ouch. I suppose you thought I meant the Deep Sooth. Now, that should drive you back to work. Go on. You'll be up all night and I get so sleepy. Say, I think I have a book for you to read. David, I told you I read every book in the house. Yeah, wait a minute. Well, practically. David, you don't know how long the days can be up here. Endless. I have even been thinking of joining the library. Do you think I should...? David, where are you going? Upstairs to get it. Oh, listen. Come back here. I don't want you to make a trip upstairs for nothing. If it's upstairs, I'd probably read it anyway. I don't think you have. Well, listen, just answer me the questions before you go running upstairs in vain. Firstly, is it a book with some excitement in it?  Things happen in this book all the time. Oh. Is there murder in it? Yes. Yes, there are murders in it. Many murders, as a matter of fact. Well, what about the style? The best. Love story? Yep. Love stories, too. Well, David, if it has murders and love stories in it, it's probably trashy.  This book I was reading, very trashy. You won't find this book trashy. Is it Trite? No. No, not Trite. You've probably heard a lot of the things in it, but... No. No, it's not Trite. Is it an old book or a new book? It's a bestseller. I'll go get it. I'll be right back. Bestseller, and I haven't read it. It's funny. Usually I don't like bestsellers, though, David. I'm warning you. Well, I'll go up and get it in etiquette. If you don't like it, there won't be anything lost. Awfully sweet of you to bother about me. I wish you wouldn't, though. No bother. I feel very guilty taking you away from your work. I expected this sort of thing when I got married. What else did you expect? It would break your heart to hear. No. Darling, listen, you really didn't have to go all the way up and get me that, now. All right, here we are. Here's your book. David, this book is the Bible. That's right. Have you read it? Of course I've read it. I've read it ever since I was a little girl. I read it in Sunday school. I know you've read the Bible, darling. Everybody has to a certain point. But have you ever read it as just a good book? What do you mean? Well, it's all of the things that I told you it was. Written in the most beautiful style. Listen to the language as you read it. Still, it has adventures in it and murders in it and love in it. Some of the greatest stories ever told are in it. You know, you're amazing. Now, here, if you're interested in a murder story, you can read the murder of Abel at the hands of his brother Cain. Right here now. Abel was a keeper of sheep. But Cain was a tiller of the ground. That's a very ancient conflict. It's quite a story. Well, I guess a person just doesn't know a man even if she's married to him a year and a half. Now, if you want a real story of adventure, there's a story of how Joseph's brothers were jealous of him and threw him into a pit in the desert and then they brought his coat of many colors home to their father. And they said that Joseph was killed in the desert by a wild beast. That's quite a story, too. David, you know, I never read the Bible except on Sunday. I mean, I never thought of it as a book to read.  Yeah, there are quite a few stories in the Bible. Think that you've been hiding this from me all this time. What's that? Haven't you heard a word I've been saying? Well, haven't you heard a word I've been saying? Well, I was talking. I was, too. I was telling you about some of the stories I thought you'd like to read.  Nonsense. Well, there is. Don't say nonsense. It's true. You know it. And I didn't. David, why have you kept all this a secret, sort of? Well, I haven't kept anything a secret. I've kept nothing a secret. Nothing to owe or are about. No, that's why you're wrong, darling. Oh, this is the best part about marriage. What is? Well, there's so much to learn about you and from you. Don't roll your eyes around like that. Yes, ma'am. You just can't take a compliment with good grace, can you? No, ma'am. Give me the book, David. I think I'd like to read it. Yeah. Let me pick you a good story. All right. There's so many of them I don't know which one to choose. David, will you do something for me? What? It's nice. All right, darling. Read aloud to me, David. I mean, if you have a moment. All right, we'll take a moment. Here we are. The Book of Ruth. Do you know the story of Ruth among the alien corn? Read it to me. It's quite a tale, and it's not the least bit dated. There are many Ruths these days sent out of their country to a foreign land. Here, I'll read this part. And Ruth went and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers. And her hat was to light on the part of the field belonging unto Boaz. And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem. The red cooler that invites you to have a Coke is a familiar and welcome sight on the highway in shops, at theaters, sports events, and all sorts of public places. There's a white cooler which can be just as inviting, and that's the refrigerator in your own kitchen. Keep your white cooler well stocked with Coca-Cola, and you'll be able to pause and refresh whenever the spirit moves you. Hello? Joe King speaking. This is Mrs. Brown. How are you, Joe? Fine. Good to hear your voice again, Mrs. Brown. Tell me, is Claudia busy now? Why, she's just settled down with a book, a good book. Then don't disturb her. I'll speak to her in the morning. Say, Mrs. B, when are we going to see you up here? Soon, I hope. Coming up for the weekend? Well, we'll see. Good night, Joe. Good night, Mrs. Brown. As I was about to say, every day, Monday through Friday, Claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola. So listen again tomorrow at the same time. And now this is Joe King saying, or it were, and remember, whoever you are, whatever you do, wherever you may be, when you think of refreshment, think of Coca-Cola. For Coca-Cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes. And ice-cold Coca-Cola is everywhere. This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney. 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Well, if you needed more proof that capitalism is killing our democracy, what's left of it anyways? Look no further than this tweet by billionaire presidential candidate Tom Steyer, who writes, I'm thrilled to announce that today we've reached the required 130,000 individual donors to appear in September's debate. Just one more qualifying poll stands between us and that stage. Thanks to all who've contributed even $1 to this movement, we can't do this without you.  I mean, that's your hard-earned cash and you're giving it to a billionaire.  Now second of all, I already know what some of you will say. How is that proof that billionaires and capitalism, you know, they're responsible for the death of democracy, isn't this proof that democracy is thriving? He announced that he's running for president and then 130,000 individual people thought his message resonates with me, so I'm gonna donate to him. Well, let me break it down for you. The reason why he was able to accumulate that many individual grassroots donations to begin with is because he is a billionaire. He has the resources to hire the amount of people necessary to amass that much donations. And there are more qualified, legitimate candidates in the race that are going to struggle to make it into the September debate because they don't have that much money because they aren't billionaires. But because Tom Steyer has the money and resources necessary to qualify for the debates, he may very well leapfrog multiple candidates in a crowded field that are better than him all because he's rich. And here's how he pulled this off. As Janine Santusi of USA Today reports, he has spent over 7 million on TV advertising and his campaign also plastered social media with ads urging voters to donate as little as $1, each of which would count as a unique donor to meet the debate minimum. So he's here because he has money, period. End of story.  Because he has the resources to absolutely blast his message. He spent millions of dollars to get 130,000 individual donations. And now he may very well replace someone else on the debate stage.   What an absolute joke of a system we have. In order to win, you have to have money. This is why so many candidates sell out to special interests because they know that they're not going to get anywhere if they don't actually raise a large sum of money because getting the word out, doing these television and radio advertisements and internet advertisements, this is all crucial to getting your name out there, boosting your name recognition and letting people know what your message is. And the problem is that once they're elected, they then return the favors of their donors, which is why Princeton University studied by Drs. Gillens and Page found that policy outcomes are dictated by elites and not average citizens. This is not a democracy. This is an oligarchy. And this is what happens. This is why capitalism and democracy cannot coexist because capitalism is a very corrosive force and it corrupts everything, including democracy itself. It corrupts news. It corrupts healthcare. It corrupts democracy. Democracy is absolutely unable to exist with capitalism. And unless you have a system of governance where capitalism is reigned in heavily, this is what happens. Capitalism will corrupt everything like the virus that it is. Now according to USA Today, there's only nine candidates thus far that have been confirmed to be on the debate stage in September. Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke and Andrew Yang, and now probably Tom Steyer. That means so far if they don't split it into two nights, that's 10 candidates. That means probably no Marianne Williamson. That may mean that Tulsi Gabbard, who outraised Tom Steyer, got more individual donations than him, may not appear on the debate stage. Think about how insane that is. A billionaire who used his resources to propel himself to that spot may actually replace a legitimate candidate like Tulsi Gabbard, who's important for the country because she's moving the Overton window to the left with regard to foreign policy. She's saying, look, Democrats are going to reclaim the mantle of being the anti-war party. I'm going to leave the charge. Her message is crucial, but instead we're going to get someone who's going to be a pseudo-populist billionaire just like Donald Trump was and replace her possibly. Now, I don't know that that's a foregone conclusion yet, but the fact that it's even a possibility is outrageous. We should never have to worry about billionaires like this buying their way onto the debate stage and replacing actual candidates. This is insane. This is absolute madness. Now I do want to share a short clip from MSNBC, and he talked a little bit about his message, and I couldn't not share this because it's just, it's laughable. So you've met the donor threshold, you still have a poll threshold to make. Most people believe you will get there and that you will be on the stage for those debates. So what will be your message? This will be an introduction for a lot of the country, although you've spent a lot of money, you've been on the air a lot in places like Iowa, but most of the country hasn't met you, doesn't know what you stand for in that crowded field. What will be your message in the debate? I have a simple message, Joe, and that's this. We have a broken government. There's been a hostile corporate takeover of our government, and I'm here to return to government of, by and for the people. I've been an outsider for 10 years, organizing coalitions of ordinary American citizens to take on unchecked corporate power. And for 10 years, we've been beating those corporations and winning. And that is my message, that that is job one, to take back the government from the corporate, the corporations who bought it. And it's a similar message, as you know, Tom, to someone like Senator Elizabeth Warren or Senator Bernie Sanders, who've been railing against corporations and corporate money in politics. How will you be different from them? Well, I think that the big difference is this, that I'm an outsider, that I have been doing it from the outside successfully for 10 years. If you look at the other people who are running for this nomination, they're overwhelmingly insiders. The top four people are all senators or former senators who have more than 70 years combined in the Congress and the Senate of the United States. So I think there's a big question for all Democratic voters. If job one is to take back the government from corporations, do you think it's gonna come from someone who's a grassroots activist and who's been doing it from the outside successfully? Or do you think an insider, somebody who's been working inside the Beltway for years, is the person who's actually gonna change DC? You can hear as we sit here speaking the criticism coming from Senator Warren or Senator Sanders that says it's a little rich for a billionaire, a guy who worked at Goldman Sachs and started an investment firm that made him a billionaire, talking about the interest of corporate power in America. How will you respond to that? Well, I would say for 10 years, we've been taking on their right to buy the government. It's not that I don't believe in the private sector, Joe. I'm someone who believes that the American economy is powered by the private sector. But what I know is this, I don't want them writing the rules for how they behave at the expense of the American people. I mean, it really is ironic to see a billionaire go on national television and bemoan corporate power. And I'm glad that the host spoke to that because that's what we were all thinking. How can you say this when you're a billionaire? You are here now. I'm talking to you because of corporate power. And notice how people who are bullshitters, they like to use the word corporate power in lieu of capitalism because they don't want to call out the actual system. They just want to say, well, some corporations were the problem. Maybe they're a little bit too greedy. But they won't actually condemn capitalism. He won't actually condemn the system itself. And the collection of institutions that make up our democracy that allowed him to amass that much wealth in the first place.  And I'm sorry, he's trying to present himself as the true outsider. I'm the real outsider. Not someone like Bernie Sanders.  He's a senator. If you are a billionaire and you're trying to convince me that you're literally an outsider, that's a joke.   In a capitalist system, money doesn't just make you able to buy whatever you want to. This gives you power. So to say that you're an outsider, sure, you can argue that you haven't been in Congress, but that's not a benefit.  And look how that's going. So to say, oh, I don't have experience and I'm an outsider, that's not a benefit to you. That's not a benefit to you. So if he makes it on the debate stage, that's one thing. But if he actually replaces good candidates like Marianne Williamson and Tulsi Gabbard, that would be so disgusting. I would be irate. Because think about this. Like, it's obvious that people like John Delaney, they don't have a chance in hell of qualifying if they do, I'd be surprised. But there are actual serious contenders who are bringing something unique to the table that may not get a spot at that next debate because all of a sudden he was able to leapfrog. And it's possible that he's going to use his resources to get up to 200,000 donations in order to get more than Tulsi Gabbard, for example, so he can kind of make the case, oh, no, I should qualify instead of her. That happens. That will be so disgusting.  Because having money doesn't make you a serious presidential candidate. It makes you suspicious. It makes you suspect.  So if you genuinely care about all of this corporate influence that we see in money and politics, stay home. Because you are not a solution, Tom Steyer. You are part of the problem.  A true populist. But he's not going to do that because he just wants power. Billionaires are so insufferable. We should not live in a system that allows people to make a billion dollars. We just shouldn't. That is a failure of our system, if that happens. And the fact that there are so many billionaires, the proliferation of billionaires, that is really evidence that capitalism is just garbage. And it's never going to work alongside democracy. Maybe it can work at certain times if you reform it. But I mean, we reformed capitalism before. And look, we're out again. If we reform it again, we're going to be here in another 50 to 100 years. It's going to be a cycle that repeats itself. You have to end capitalism completely. Because capitalism is a virus. And it turns everything into a money-making venture that just pits human beings against each other, that corrupts institutions. And this is evidence of that. And I wish more people would see it.