I couldn’t do a Livestream last week because I was in the Northern Arizona desert. Today we’re going to talk about that.
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This iced tea brand is named after a Southwestern state but was actually founded in Brooklyn and is based in Long Island, New York. The founder saw the success of Snapple and came out with his own competitive juice and iced tea brand.
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Arizona
Arizona was the 48th State of the Union and the 6th largest state by size, 14th largest by population. And surprisingly its capital Phoenix is the 5th largest in the country at 1.6M.
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BRAND CONTEST CLUE
This ice-tea brand is known for its 99¢, 22oz tall cans. Their most popular products are their ginseng honey green tea and Arnold Palmer lemonade ice-tea.
Enter for a chance to win a CVLIfe magnetic laser boresighter. Each qualified contest entry will be included in a random drawing during my TMI Livestream show in May.
Entries must be received no later than 12 pm noon EST on April 30, 2026.
This prize is supplied by CVLife and is awarded at their sole discretion and direction.
CONTEST INSTRUCTIONS
There are 2 ways to enter. Prove you have the skills to fill out a form and upload screenshots.
NO PURCHASE OR DONATION IS NECESSARY TO ENTER. YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING DO NOT INCREASE WITH A PURCHASE. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Eligibility
Void where prohibited by law. Must be a legal resident in the USA. Moondog Industries employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, advertising and promotion agencies, and employees’ immediate family members are ineligible to participate in the contest/giveaway.
Entrants must be willing and able to appear on YouTube to discuss the contest and post images of the prize on their social feed should they win the contest.
2. Sponsors and Platforms
CVLife (known as the SPONSOR) and Moondog Industries (known as the CO-SPONSOR) is a video Edutainment producer and game promoter based in San Francisco, CA. YouTube, TikTok, Rumble, X and online video platforms (known as PLATFORMS) are not SPONSORS or in any way affiliated with the contest or content.
3. Entry Period
Contest email entries must be received between: 12:00pm EST 1 Apr 2026 and 12:00pm EST 30 Apr 2026
4. Agreement to Rules
By entering the contest, participants agree to abide by the SPONSOR’s Official Rules and decisions. The SPONSOR retains the right to refuse, withdraw, or disqualify entries at their sole discretion. By submitting an entry, the participant agrees to accept the decision of the SPONSOR as final and binding.
5. How to Enter
This contest requires your skill in navigating your phone or computer controls to screen capture an image of the following YouTube channels/Social Media accounts. Subscribe or Follow and make a screen capture of those pages showing a greyed out Subscribe button or indicator that your account is Following that page. If the page is not functioning, please contact contest@moondogindustries.com . One entry per person or per Social Media account. Fraudulent methods of entry, photo retouched, or other methods of circumvention of the rules may result in the SPONSOR invalidating a participant’s entries.
6. Prizes
The winner must be able to receive the prize by e-mail or by physical mail. Prize may be substituted at the sole discretion of the SPONSOR. Acceptance of the prize grants SPONSOR permission to use the winner’s entry, name, and likeness for advertising, promotion, and trade without further compensation or remuneration unless prohibited by law.
7. Odds
The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of eligible entries received.
8. Selection and Notification of the Winner
The winner will be chosen at random by the SPONSOR from among the entrants who demonstrated the skill to navigate the electronic entry and have met the minimum requirements. Winners will be contacted via the email used to enter the contest. Winner must have a legal address within the US to ship the prize.
SPONSOR is not liable for the winner’s failure to receive notification of winning if he or she provided the wrong email address or if their email security settings caused your prize notification to go into the spam or junk folder. If a winner does not respond within 24hrs of sending a notification, the SPONSOR will select an alternate winner. Receipt of the prize is upon the condition of compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
9. Rights Granted by the Entrant
The SPONSOR, upon submission of an entry into the giveaway or contest, has the right to use the participant’s submission, voice, likeness, image, statements about the contest, etc., for publicity, news, advertising, promotional purposes, trade, and so forth, without any further notice, review, consent, compensation, or remuneration.
Participants shall defend or settle against such claims at their sole expense, and shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the SPONSOR from any suit due to damage of or by the prize.
10. Terms & Conditions
The SPONSOR reserves the right to modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate if unauthorized human intervention, a bug or virus, fraud, or other causes beyond your control impact or corrupt the security, fairness, proper conduct, or administration of the contest/giveaway.
11. Limitation of Liability
Entry into this contest constitutes the participant’s agreement to release and hold harmless the SPONSOR and PLATFORMS, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, etc., against all claims, liability, illness, injury, death, loss, etc., that occurs directly or indirectly from participation in the contest or use/misuse of the awarded prize.
12. Disputes
As a condition of participating in the promotion, the participant agrees to resolve all disputes with an arbitrator designated by the SPONSOR in the state of California, without resorting to any form of class action. Entrants waive all rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, and waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
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Participants agree to abide by all privacy and NDA laws in the State of California and any federal laws of the United State of America.
14. Winners List
Participants may request a list of winners by submitting a request in writing to Moondog Industries for up to 30 days after the contest ends.
15. Social Media Platform Rules
Winners will agree to post a photo of the prize on their social media channels in such a way as does not violate any rules of that platform. The winners also agree to appear for an interview where they will discuss the prize and its performance. If there are functional problems with the prize, the winner agrees to make a good-faith effort to resolve all issues with the SPONSOR prior to posting reviews or opinions about the prize.
16. Affirmation of Acceptance of and Agreement to All of the Official Rules
By entering the contest, the entrant has affirmatively reviewed, accepted, and agreed to all of them.
Future Perfect Machine will be joining me to discuss Op: Epic Fury and its impact on the world economy. This video is sponsored by Venice.ai. Enjoy uncensored, private A.I. using my link https://venice.ai/moondog to get a 20% off their Pro Plan using code: MOONDOG.
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EARLYBIRD Clue:
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BRAND CONTEST CLUE 2
This is the largest U.S.-based oil and gas company in the world. It is the largest oil company that can trace its origin directly to Rockefeller‘s Standard Oil .
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NOT EPIC FURRY Furries is an anthropomorphic cosplay subculture that is focused on alter-ego/fursonas; not characters from a movie, anime, or comic book.
EPIC FURY A joint US and Isreali air and sea opperation that launched on February 28, 2026. The US’s stated aims are to destroy Iran’s military, missile, and nuclear capabilities. Isreali’s seem to be Iran’s political leadership and ability to support proxies like Hamas.
Q: How is this conflict affecting energy and trade?
GUEST PAUL DRAVIS
Paul Dravis Former Managing Director of Bank of America, a former VP at JPMorganChase, and the founder of Future Perfect Machine, a technology analysis and consulting company focused on emerging technologies.https://www.futureperfectmachine.com/
CONTESTS
BRAND CONTEST CLUE 3
This American oil/gas company is headquarterd in Spring, TX. It was formed in 1989 by the merger of Exxon and Mobil oil.
Today we’re giving away the AccuVista LPVO. And we’re going to meet with Matt-Hat Jerky. Find out about my newest contests to win prizes. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed.
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Matt Hat Jerky is my newest show sponsor. You get a discount when you use it and I get a small comission IF you order. That’s full disclosure.
At SHOT Show this year, the evening after Range Day, I attend a dinner organized by 2AMedia and co-sponsored by Matt Hat. Sitting next to me was young man, who turned out to be Matt Kuplak, the founder of Matt Hat Jerky.
CONTESTS
BRAND CONTEST CLUE
This meat company owns many better known meat brands such as Ballpark Franks, Jimmy Dean sausages, Sara Lee meats, and Hillshire Farms. This brand shares a name with one of the most famous heavyweight boxers of the late 20th Century, though he is not connected with this company.
I’m back from SHOT Show 2026. Let’s talk about what I saw. This video is sponsored by Aura. Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed.
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EARLYBIRD Clue:
THIS WEEK
Moondog2A
Moondog Reviews
Moondog Go
BRAND CONTEST CLUE
This brand is a Large Language Model Chatbot which takes its name from a verb coined by science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein in his 1960’s novel “Stranger in a Strange Land.” It was picked up by computer geeks in the 1980’s and means “To understand deeply.”
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A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
Copyright is a type of intellectual property that protects original works of authorship as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression. In copyright law, there are a lot of different types of works, including paintings, photographs, illustrations, musical compositions, sound recordings, computer programs, books, poems, blog posts, movies, architectural works, plays, and so much more!
GUEST
David Lavine is an attorney
CONTESTS
This month, there are two contests you can enter and win a prize. Enter both.
RGB colored backtrounds, excessive positivity, and age-inappropriate slang. This is why you will never see me look like a typical social media influencer. But I do love these keto-friendly snacks.
The Christmas music we hear playing this time of year can trace their roots to jazz standards of the 20th century. Lets talk about that with jazz musician Adam Chasnow. This this video is sponsored by Aura. Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed.
This American record company was founded in 1889 and is the oldest continuously operating brand in recorded music. It derived it’s name from its early headquarters in the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.)
It put out notable records by jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Dave Brubeck, as well as pop artists such as Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Aretha Franklin, and Bruce Springsteen.
This record company’s eponymous Music Club, was a spin off direct to consumer mail-order record business that promised 12 free records, tapes, and CDs if you joined. It taught many of us, the hard way, that we need to read the fine print and that there is no free lunch.
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EARLYBIRD Clue:
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BRAND CONTEST CLUE
This comic book company was founded in 1937 and gets its name from what was its most popular series, at the time: Detective Comics
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L.A. Comic Con is a three-day convention in downtown Los Angeles, California. It encompasses several categories, including comics, horror, sci-fi, anime, gaming, and pop culture. It was founded as Comikaze Expo in 2011.
SPECIAL GUEST
Robin Casares (neé Greenberg), Senior Graphic Designer / Cosplayer
Brothers Richard and Maurice founded this hamburger chain in San Bernardino, California, in 1940. Roy Croc joined the company in 1955 and launched its franchising, which would grow into the largest hamburger brand in the world.
Too Much Information live chat show. Lets talk about the current Culture War hot topic: Sydney Sweeney jeans controversy. This video is sponsored is by Aura. Stop leaving yourself vulnerable to data breaches. Go to my link https://aura.com/moondog to get a 14-day free trial and see if any of your data has been exposed. https://moondogindustries.com/tmi-250806-meme-girls/
EARLYBIRD Clue:
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THIS WEEK
Moondog2A
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Moondog Go
BRAND CONTEST CLUE
This American clothing and accessories retailer is headquartered at SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by brothers Jerry and Mark Silverman.
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Woke Outrage over Sydney Sweeney American Eagle Jeans ads campaign.
1980’s Calvin Klien Jeans
90’s Commercials
Kawau Sosuki / SAO She was formerly part of the J-pop idol group Tokyo Girls Bravo under the stage name Araki Saori.
In 2025, this jeans and apparel company hit marketing gold by putting out a notable and some say notorious series of commercials starring Sydney Sweeney.
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Airsoft is the world’s most popular shooting combat sport. It utilizes mock firearms that fire 6mm plastic BBs propelled by compressed air, using electrical motor, compressed springs or pressurized air tanks. Evike is the nation’s largest airsoft gun and gear retailer with store locations in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Houston TX.
