god on trial: the verdict
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let nothing be too sacred to question

trayvon martin george zimmerman amp the decline of racism amp violence in america
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trayvon martin will not go gently into that good night and the poor kid039s ghost can and will haunt us it seems until justice is donehis shooter the neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder so the wheels of the legal system however slowly and imperfectly are grinding forwardbut we can039t shake the death of 17-year-old trayvon that039s partly because it was senseless and avoidable and also in part because his shooting is being ridden like seabiscuit by everyone to benefit their respective political sides and agendasfigures such as jesse jackson and al sharpton want to use the martin shooting to say that when it comes to race little to nothing has changed in america over the past 20 30 or 50 years gun control advocates want to say that the shooting proves that america is awash in the blood of gun violence egged on by second amendment fundamentalistsbut neither of those things is truewhile there039s still a lot of work to be done race relations are getting better as is clear from the majority of black white latino and other respondents in poll after poll electing barack obama as president doesn039t give us a free pass on the nation039s ugly history but it039s a pretty good indicator that things aren039t the way they used to beand gun violence in every way is way down from where it was just a few decades ago when most states and localities started to allow more people to own and carry guns that039s true even in florida which liberalized its gun laws years ago leading people to worry it would become quotthe gunshine statequot in fact florida039s death rate from guns is average for the countryi039m saddened by trayvon martin039s death i don039t think that george zimmerman should have pursued him and confronted him after calling the copsbut i also think that we can only negatively compound the tragedy if we insist on making it embody trends that are actually moving in positive directionsabout 2 minutesproduced by joshua swain camera by jim epstein written by nick gillespie and kennedy who also hostsfor links to supporting data go to http:reasoncomblog20120424trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman-the-decland go to http:reasontv for downloadable versions and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live

3 reasons to end obamacare before it begins
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as the legality of the patient protection and affordable care act - aka obamacare - goes before the highest court in the land here are three reasons to chuck the whole program even before it gets underway1 it represents the end of limited government the supreme court will issue its verdict later this spring of course but there039s no question that if the government can force you to do something simply because you exist and draw breath then the american experiment in limited government is over and done with whether it039s the mandating of eating broccoli or buying insurance a government that can make you do whatever it wants just ain039t in the american grain2 its price tag is already ballooning the latest government estimate of cost tells us what we already knew health-care reform is going to cost us a lot more than the arm and the leg it039s supposed to save us the congressional budget office is now saying that the first full decade of obamacare is going to cost about 18 trillion or double the original estimate used to sell the program3 obamacare won039t make us healthier health insurance isn039t the same thing as health most of us might end up paying more for health care under the new law but there039s precious little evidence that coverage itself leads to lower medical costs a 1993 study by the rand corporation found that quotfor the average person there were no substantial benefits from free care quot not smoking eating moderately and not boozing it up provide greater health benefits than any low-deductible low-co-pay insurance planfor links to all claims made in the video go to http:reasoncomblog201203253-reasons-to-kill-obamacare-before-it-beproduced by meredith bragg written by nick gillespie who also narrates gillespie is co-author of the declaration of independents: how libertarian politics can fix what039s wrong with america available at amazon and bampampnabout 145 minutes go to http:reasontv for downloadable versions subscribe to reason039s youtube channel to get automatic notification when new material goes onlinewatch more health-care-related vids and read more articles at http:reasoncomfor more quot3 reasonsquot vids go to http:wwwyoutubecomplaylistlist=pl47b73d393cfc3301follow reason on twitter: http:twittercomreasonfollow nick gillespie on twitter: http:twittercomnickgillespie

3 reasons not to fund art with taxes amp yes there039s a weiner connection
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a few weeks back hollywood movie stars and groups such as the creative coalition stormed washington dc to lobby for increased taxpayer funding of the arts most memorably oscar-winning actor kevin spacey told hardball039s chris matthew that abraham lincoln was a huge theater fan who quotunderstood that he needed the arts to replenish his soulquot not surprisingly spacey didn039t mention where lincoln was assassinated or the profession of his killerbut funding the arts with taxapayer dollars is a bad idea for at least three reasons1 publicly financed art is easily censored art last december the national portrait gallery almost immediately pulled a four-minute video called quota fire in my bellyquot after complaints from the catholic league and politicians such as rep eric cantor r-va and house speaker john boehner r-ohio who objected to images of ants crawling over a crucifix it039s hard to imagine a private museum so quickly and cravenly pulling an offending piece but when the taxpayer is footing the bill the most easily aggrieved among us yields a thug039s veto indeed in february scandalized rep anthony weiner d-ny even called for getting rid of a 1922 statue in new york city due to what he says is its sexist portrayal of women2 we039re broke advocates of public funding for the arts routinely argue that the budget of groups such as the national endowment for the arts comes to just pennies per citizen and the cost of just one pentagon bomber is comparatively huge but government at every level is flat broke so it039s all money we don039t have defense spending which has jacked up by over 70 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars since 2001 should be cut drastically but that doesn039t mean smaller items should get a pass or that taxpayers should pony up for another season of dr who reruns on pbs3 it039s unnecessary nea head rocco landesman has defended grants to groups such as the san francisco mime troupe on the grounds that it is a world-famous outfit that has contributed mightily to the stage which is another way of saying it should have little to no trouble finding private patrons to help it out americans give around 13 billion a year in private donations to the arts that039s a lot of money and if it039s not enough to fund every request groups such as the san francisco mime troupe will just have to figure out how to better work the crowdabout 245 minutesproduced by meredith bragg and nick gillespie who also hostsfor supporting links and downloadable versions go to http:reasontv subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notifications when new material goes live

guns laws and panics: how fear not fact informs the gun rights debate
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california has among the strictest gun laws in the country and couple of local politicians are seizing the opportunity created by the arizona shooting to make them even stricterwhile most states operate under a quotshall-issuequot concealed carry weapons ccw permitting regime meaning that anyone who passes a basic background check can get a ccw california uses the quotmay-issuequot rule which means the decision is left to the sole discretion of the county sheriff the result approximately 01 of california citizens have ccws which is almost 20 times lower than in the average shall-issue state this restrictive climate has led to the emergence of a burgeoning quotopen carryquot movement wherein citizens carry holstered unloaded weapons in plain sight california assemblyman anthony portantino calls the open carry exemption in the law a quotloopholequot which he intends to close with assembly bill 144 ab 144 portantino039s fellow assembly member lori saldana tried to ban open carry in 2010 but the bill failed in the assembly but this time ab 144 has gained helpful momentum from an unexpected source: jared loughner quotsince the events in arizona gun issues have taken on a greater national debate and a greater significancequot says portantino earlier this year ab 144 passed the assembly and now will head to the state senate in late august 2011 and then on to governor jerry brown039s deskopen carry advocate sam wolanyk who once successfully sued san diego county when police arrested him for open carrying says that the focus on lawful gun owners is misguided quotit doesn039t matter if you stacked up 50000 feloniesquot says wolanyk of the loughner situation quotyou can039t stop a crazy person from doing crazy thingsquotucla law professor eugene volokh creator of the popular law blog the volokh conspiracy also says that crafting legislation in the face of rare tragedies is miguidedquotit doesn039t make much sense to come up with comprehensive law focusing on those very rare incidentsquot says volokh despite the fact that crime rates are down nation wide and that there has never been a reported incident of an open carrier hurting someone portantino stands firm that the practice is a public danger and a drain on police resources he also says he has no plans on introducing legislation to loosen up concealed carry laws quotjust because one person is comfortable with their weaponquot says portantino quotdoesn039t mean that gives that person the right to infringe on the rights of other people who aren039t comfortablequot approximately 8:30produced by zach weissmueller camera by hawk jensen visit reasontv for downloadable versions of this and all our videos and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new content is posted

rawesome foods raided again
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a little more than a year ago rawesome foods a health food co-op based in venice california was the target of an armed raid by several agencies and the resulting video went viralon august 3 2011 rawesome experienced another multi-agency raid but this one resulted in the arrest of the establishment039s owner james stewartstewart and sharon palmer the farmer who supplies him with raw goat milk are being held on bails in excess of 100000 and are each charged with four felonies and several more misdemeanors some examples of the charges are quotprocessing unpasteurized milkquot quotimproper labeling of foodquot and quotimproper egg temperaturesquot the government has kept pursuing stewart and his club for years despite a lack of any reports of illness or injury from consumption of his foods rawesome members argue that they are part of a private club not subject to government regulation and that they are being persecuted for their alternative lifestyles the los angeles county district attorney039s office would not comment for this video but offered this press release and also released a list of the charges against stewart and palmer: http:dacolacausmr080311ahtm reasontv covered the first rawesome raid in 2010 here: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ion0ehlyyxiapproximately 3:30 produced by zach weissmueller camera by sharif matar and alex manning visit reasontv for downloadable versions of this and all our videos and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new content is posted

the war on lemonade stands nanny of the month june 2011
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this fourth of july weekend think about what truly represents freedom: old glory the liberty bell and an ice-cold glass of lemonadethis month039s lineup of busybodies includes two regulars: the fda which is slapping new more graphic possibly counterproductive warning labels on cigarette packs and the goldfish grabbers on san francisco039s animal control and welfare commissionbut top dishonors go to the sour bureaucrat who put the squeeze on a group of kids for running a lemonade stand sure they were raising money for a worthy cause pediatric cancer research but they were doing it without a permit and that039s why they got slapped with a 500 finepresenting reasontv039s nanny of the month for june 2011: jennifer hughes of montgomery county maryland039s department of permitting servicesthe episode sparked so much outrage that the county eventually backed off but this is no isolated incident across america the permit police are cracking down on pint-sized peddlers of liquid freedom just over one-minute longquotnanny of the monthquot is written and produced by ted balaker opening animation by meredith braggto watch past quotnanny of the monthquot episodes go here: http:wwwyoutubecomreasontvpc2dd00e99b83a258a

happy 99th birthday milton friedman a tribute to the late great economist
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there039s no way to appreciate fully the contributions of nobel prize-winning economist milton friedman 1912-2006 who would have turned 99 years old this weekend to the growth of libertarian ideas and a free societythis is the man after all who introduced the concept of school vouchers documented the role of government monopolies on money in creating inflation provided the intellectual arguments that ended the military draft in america co-founded the mont pelerin society and so much more in popular books such as capitalism and freedom and free to choose written with his wife and longtime collaborator rose he masterfully drew a through-line between economic freedom and political and cultural freedomyet his ultimate contribution to freedom and liberty is found less in any of the specific argument he made and more in the ways he made them friedman provided an all-too-rare example of a public intellectual who was scrupulously honest forthright and fair in every debate he entered whether he was duking it out with fellow nobel prize winners and other high-profile economists or making the case for the morality of capitalism with tv hosts such as phil donahue and angry students he always argued in good faith admitted when he was wrong and enlarged the circle of debatelong after some of his technical points and social insights have been superseded that commitment to relentless inquiry and search for truth wherever it takes us will survivemilton friedman gave us something much better than revealed truth: he showed us the process by which we might continue to indefinitely learn about our world and the human condition in this sense the friedman century is far from over indeed it039s just getting startedwritten and narrated by nick gillespie produced and edited by jim epstein with help from jack gillespieabout 230 minutesfor reason039s coverage of and interviews with milton friedman over the years go here nowgo to http:reasontv for downloadable versions and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live

calories on menus: what could possibly go wrong
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today on quotwhat could possibly go wrongquot we look at mandatory calorie counts on menussee another interview with ken schelper at http:hotaircomarchives20100401exclusive-the-new-federal-menu-mandate-meets-the-real-world

the debt ceiling debate amp pro wrestling
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the economy already crashed for the bottom 60 of americans we don039t have as far to fall as you and your wall street pals do so who are you threatening exactlydonate: http:bitly7owkc2 blog: http:punkpatriotblogspotcom facebook: http:bitly1otiqi twitter: http:wwwtwittercompunkpatriot i make t-shirts: http:punkpatriotetsycom

this is your brain on statism
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to support the message of freedom please subscribe feature this video on your channel quotthumbs upquot favorite share comment ampamp video respondthis is your brain on statismif you like these videos and would like to contribute to this free service helping us spread the message and grow please make your donation at the link below thank youhttp:peacefreedomprosperitycomdonatehttp:voluntaryvirtuescomcontributevoluntary virtueshttp:wwwvoluntaryvirtuescommike shanklin039s youtube channel:http:wwwyoutubecommikeshanklinmichael shanklin on facebook:http:wwwfacebookcompagesmichael-shanklin120084934719660peace freedom prosperity website:http:wwwpeacefreedomprosperitycompeace freedom prosperity movement039s youtube channel:http:wwwyoutubecomuserpfpmovementfreedombook liberty039s social networking site:http:wwwpeacefreedomprosperityorgdon039t forget to check out our radio shows: pfp movement radiohttp:wwwblogtalkradiocompfpmovementradiovoluntary virtues radio every monday-friday 1-130pm est http:wwwblogtalkradiocommichael-shanklin http:currentcomusersshanklinmikeall0htmhttp:twittercomshanklinmikemore great videos:statism is slaveryhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=oogq_1710u4earth - the insane asylumhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=b3cjn-_x_sycapitalism is anarchyhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=_rjhjcubrkgyou are not the governmenthttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=kgqesabcsiwillegal immigration - the scapegoat a liberty perspectivehttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=aio5ysjsv9wwhich human farm is this gamehttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ai5lxn_stlotroops worldwide - quit your militarieshttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=orlgvmgr9lqdon039t buy the watchhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=hgkdnc-tjmwthe market for liberty audiobook freehttp:freekeenecom20071226free-audiobook-the-market-for-libertymurray rothbard039s quotamerica039s great depressionquothttp:misesorgrothbardagdpdfprotectionism and the destruction of prosperity:http:misesorgrothbardprotectionismaspprotectionism is costly:http:wwwfeeorgpublicationsthe-freemanarticleaspaid=4451us interventionism since1890:http:academicevergreeneduggrossmazinterventionshtmlprotectionism vs liberty:http:wwwlewrockwellcompaulpaul21htmlprotectionism never works:http:newscnetcomprotectionism-never-works2010-7353_3-6225014htmleconomic fascismhttp:wwwaapsonlineorgbrochuresfascismhtm war reduces the economy:http:wwwindependentorgnewsroomnews_detailaspnewsid=76 who owns the mediahttp:wwwfreepressnetownershipchartmainadditional keywords: sarah palin john mccain education economy bush friedman hayek ludwig von mises institute immigration health care global warming supreme court bailout bail out drugs sex gay marriage election 2008 religion ayers new york times oil revolution free state project libertarian party freedom secession independence united states us constitutionalist market anarchist anarchism anarchy mary ruwart bob barr michael badnarik government gun rights guns fascism communism secede civil disobedience law federal reserve department of homeland security feds fed sovereign tyranny irs john lynch taxation taxes tax real id rebellion police abuse campaign for liberty live free or die congress congressional district iraq war patriot act socialism slavery coercion force campaign for liberty cato institute murray rothbard hayek milton friedman alan greenspan tim geithner united nations new world order senator dr ron paul president senate congress senator congressman

the government039s war on cameras
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who will watch the watchers in a world of ubiquitous hand-held digital cameras that039s not an abstract philosophical question police everywhere are cracking down on citizens using cameras to capture breaking news and law enforcement in actionin 2009 police arrested blogger and freelance photographer antonio musumeci on the steps of a new york federal courthouse his alleged crime unauthorized photography on federal propertypolice cuffed and arrested musumeci ultimately issuing him a citation with the help of the new york civil liberties union he forced a settlement in which the federal government agreed to issue a memo acknowledging that it is totally legal to film or photograph on federal property although the legal right to film on federal property now seems to be firmly established many other questions about public photography still remain and place journalists and citizens in harm039s way can you record a police encounter can you film on city or state property what are a photographer039s rights in so-called public spacesthese questions will remain unanswered until a case reaches the supreme court says ucla law professor eugene volokh founder of the popular law blog the volokh conspiracy until then it039s up to people to know their rights and test the limits of free speech even at the risk of harassment and arrestwho will watch the watchers all of us it turns out but only if we039re willing to fight for our rightsproduced by hawk jensen and zach weissmueller camera by jim epstein and jensen about 730 minutesgo to http:reasoncomblog20110526reasontv-the-governments-war for links and more articles including reason magazine039s january 2011 cover story quotthe war on camerasquot and the companion piece quothow to record the copsquotgo to http:reasontv for downloadable versions of the video and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new material goes live

battle for the california desert: why is the government driving folks off their land
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the antelope valley is a vast patch of desert on the outskirts of los angeles county and a segment of the few rugged individualists who live out there increasingly are finding themselves the targets of armed raids from local code enforcement agents who039ve assembled into task forces called nuisance abatement teams nats the plight of the valley039s desert dwellers made regional headlines when county officials ordered the destruction of phonehenge: a towering colorful castle constructed out of telephone poles by retired phone technician kim fahey fahey was imprisoned and charged with several misdemeanors but fahey is just one of many who039ve been targeted by the nats which were assembled at the request of county supervisor mike antonovich in 2006 la weekly reporter mars melnicoff wrote an in-depth article in which she exposed the county039s tactic of badgering residents with minor but costly code violations until they face little choice but to vacate the land altogether quotthey039re picking on the the people who are the most defenseless and have the least resourcesquot says melnicoff reasontv collaborated with melnicoff to talk with some of the nat039s targets such as retired veteran joey gallo who might face homelessness if he039s forced to leave his house and local pastor oscar castaneda who says he039s already given up the fight and is in the process of moving off the land he and his wife have lived on for 22 years and while antonovich declined an interview we did catch up with him at a public meeting in order to ask the big question at the center of all this: why the sudden enforcement of these codes against people living in the middle of the desert who seemingly are affecting no one writer-producers: zach weissmueller and tim cavanaugh associate producer: mars melnicoff camera: alex manning and weissmueller edited by weissmuellerapproximately 9:48 music by audionautixcomvisit reasontv for downloadable versions of this and all our videos and subscribe to reasontv039s youtube channel to receive automatic notification when new content is posted

let me opt out
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to support the message of freedom please subscribe feature this video on your channel quotthumbs upquot favorite share comment ampamp video respondi don039t want to be associated nor included in collectivism039s activitiesif you like these videos and would like to contribute to this free service helping us spread the message and grow please make your donation at the link below thank youhttp:peacefreedomprosperitycomdonatehttp:voluntaryvirtuescomcontributevoluntary virtueshttp:wwwvoluntaryvirtuescommike shanklin039s youtube channel:http:wwwyoutubecommikeshanklinmichael shanklin on facebook:http:wwwfacebookcompagesmichael-shanklin120084934719660peace freedom prosperity website:http:wwwpeacefreedomprosperitycompeace freedom prosperity movement039s youtube channel:http:wwwyoutubecomuserpfpmovementfreedombook liberty039s social networking site:http:wwwpeacefreedomprosperityorgdon039t forget to check out our radio shows: pfp movement radiohttp:wwwblogtalkradiocompfpmovementradiovoluntary virtues radio every monday-friday 1-130pm est http:wwwblogtalkradiocommichael-shanklin http:currentcomusersshanklinmikeall0htmhttp:twittercomshanklinmikemore great videos:statism is slaveryhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=oogq_1710u4earth - the insane asylumhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=b3cjn-_x_sycapitalism is anarchyhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=_rjhjcubrkgyou are not the governmenthttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=kgqesabcsiwillegal immigration - the scapegoat a liberty perspectivehttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=aio5ysjsv9wwhich human farm is this gamehttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=ai5lxn_stlotroops worldwide - quit your militarieshttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=orlgvmgr9lqdon039t buy the watchhttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=hgkdnc-tjmwthe market for liberty audiobook freehttp:freekeenecom20071226free-audiobook-the-market-for-libertymurray rothbard039s quotamerica039s great depressionquothttp:misesorgrothbardagdpdfprotectionism and the destruction of prosperity:http:misesorgrothbardprotectionismaspprotectionism is costly:http:wwwfeeorgpublicationsthe-freemanarticleaspaid=4451us interventionism since1890:http:academicevergreeneduggrossmazinterventionshtmlprotectionism vs liberty:http:wwwlewrockwellcompaulpaul21htmlprotectionism never works:http:newscnetcomprotectionism-never-works2010-7353_3-6225014htmleconomic fascismhttp:wwwaapsonlineorgbrochuresfascismhtm war reduces the economy:http:wwwindependentorgnewsroomnews_detailaspnewsid=76 who owns the mediahttp:wwwfreepressnetownershipchartmainadditional keywords: sarah palin john mccain education economy bush friedman hayek ludwig von mises institute immigration health care global warming supreme court bailout bail out drugs sex gay marriage election 2008 religion ayers new york times oil revolution free state project libertarian party freedom secession independence united states us constitutionalist market anarchist anarchism anarchy mary ruwart bob barr michael badnarik government gun rights guns fascism communism secede civil disobedience law federal reserve department of homeland security feds fed sovereign tyranny irs john lynch taxation taxes tax real id rebellion police abuse campaign for liberty live free or die congress congressional district iraq war patriot act socialism slavery coercion force campaign for liberty cato institute murray rothbard hayek milton friedman alan greenspan tim geithner united nations new world order senator dr ron paul president senate congress senator congressman

atlas shrugged pt 2 exclusive trailer
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written and directed by andy cobb http:twittercomandycobbinspired by this hot mess: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=6w07bfa4tzmproduced by michael damanskisvodude: andy cobblady: lisa benedictfor anyone who would like more info on collectivism and film a nerd alert and b here039s a primer: http:wwwdonalforemancomwritingkramergodardintrohtml2010 the second city incandy cobbfor more satire by andy cobb: http:wwwandycobbonlinecomlike us on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomthesecondcitynetworkfollow us on twitter http:twittercomsecondcitynetwk the second city network is quickly becoming one of the hottest channels on youtube our work has been featured on tosh0 on comedy central g4039s attack of the show inside edition npr msnbc cnn and more many of today039s biggest names got their start at the second city main stages -including tina fey of 30 rock stephen colbert of the colbert report and steve carell of the officedo you want to be a better comedy writer actor and improviser then sign up to take a class at one of our training centers chicago: http:wwwsecondcitycomtrainingchicagohollywood: http:wwwsecondcitycomtraininghollywoodtoronto: http:wwwsecondcitycomtrainingtorontostudy comedy for college credit at second city: http:wwwcomedystudiescomwatch videos created by our current students: http:wwwyoutubecom7dayshorts