Less normally. Lets start there, jim, in terms of the market overall. I have a lot of insight this morning to share on the credit markets where i tend to be focused of late. Like to come to you. When you see a rally, the likes of which we may at the open this morning, what are you thinking what i think about when i see this, the market got oversold, people last night went home thinking theres no possibility of any sort of deal. Without a deal all you have is the fed making sure theres liquidity but nothing in the hands of the people. If you dont get money in the hands of people, people will look at the landscape and say its really just falling apart something has to get done. Now theres an expectation that something will get done. If we dont get something done today with the senate, youll give up this whole rally youre banking on the politics getting together for something, otherwise this rally will be comical and you will wish you never bought in. Well be able to offer hopefully peopl
For advanced weapons and Defence Systems. President zelensky said the Military Aid Package would give his country a chance of victory in its war against russia. Translation i think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory if ukraine really gets the Weapons System which we need so much, thousands of soldiers need so much. And this aid should notjust to be sprayed in a thin layer all over but it has to end up in tangible Weapons Systems. Many ukrainians have taken to social media to thank the us for the funding. This is what residents in the capital told the bbc. Translation of course it is not too late. In any case, it is needed, and whether it would be later or earlier, in any case it will help. Translation it will help a lot, i i think our guys will be alive, l thats the most important thing, the most important, so that we have something to defend ourselves with both the people and our boys, they are our guardians, they are
Most people got into big coin twenty seventeen and they only saw up up up up parabolic up and it was like it was like pennies from heaven it was like wonderful and then a lot of volatility hit over christmas so im assuming theres a lot of indigestion and fear and panic and self loathing and all sorts of stuff happening so were going to look at this article that jamison lup as we mentioned when we were hanging out with him for the big Queen Birthday Party last night and i want to talk about take a step back to understand where big queen came from and by understanding the genesis of the genesis bloc that happened on january third two thousand and nine understand where the future might be what might happen in nine years from now and the rise of the cipher punks this is an important term to understand in the cypherpunks because right now most of the tension for all the newbies involved in cryptocurrency is all about the corporate side everything and c. And b. C. Bloomberg what theyre focus
Twenty seven think. Arguably the biggest story of twenty seventeen was russia it was on the lips of World Leaders and politicians but this wasnt always the case this was obamas analysis of the country back in twenty fourteen russia is a Regional Power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. Not out of strength but out of weakness Regional Power weakness well that was the past in the last year weve seen russia propelled to be the greatest threat on the planet in the words of the former f. B. I. Chief what kind of threat do you believe russia presents to our democratic process given what you know about russias behavior. Well certainly that in my view the greatest threat of any nation on earth well heres how it all began on january sixth of last year u. S. Intelligence agencies issued a report saying that russia had tried to influence our elections with this russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in twenty sixteen aimed at the us president ial election
Influence u. S. Public opinion yeah yeah why not make up the budget actually all of those allegations were leveled against russia do you believe that do you think that theyre actually doing these kind of things from what the seventeen u. S. Intelligence Agencies Syndicate and the strong possibility that they did i feel its just i saw news that to sell newspapers people just run and one story then put it on Everything Else that listeners showed new yorkers is dwarfed from an actual file of things that russia has been accused of it turns out that if you point the finger at the kremlin you can find a convenient scapegoat for almost any trouble that youre dealing with they will mop and artsy new york. To europe rise Violent Crime in germany the region may be linked to an increase in migrants according to a government backed study what is it really that simple. Took a closer look. Why have reports of Violent Crime in one german state increased by more than ten percent in the last two years