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What you could buy for R1 in 1961 versus now Updated East Coast Radio Share this: No matter how much we want to deny it, money does make the world go round and, unfortunately, we just cant escape inflation! iStock It was on the 14th of February 1961 when the official currency of South Africa was introduced. After SA gained its independence and became a republic, as Queen Elizabeth ceased to be the head of state, the British-styled currency (pounds, pence, etc.) left along with her. The old cu...

Working with liz, she is tough as nails but it is a healthy dialogue, it is not always that regime change is necessary. there are times when a stronger presence or stronger military approach involves things for later on. what he is doing is cleaning knowledge from both of these strategies, the heavy-handed one is unfair to call isolationist, one rand paul supports which is the least amount the better. he takes his opinions, lindsey graham and others and comes down with the best long-term militar...

Lobbyists in washington, d.c., its easy to draw the money line between saudi arabia to members of congress through the defense industry. but will congress be willing to shelf those arms deals for a more principled moral position like the one rand paul was advocating? >> i think its highly possible. dont forget that when that arms deal went through, it was very contentious at the time. it took years to happen. it wasnt very easy. even under the obama administration when there were any arms deals ...

About whats going to happen with health care after the votes yesterday. whats your best get about how things will play out the rest of the week? >> heres what we know. mitch mcconnell put together the 50 votes he needed. i salute the two, it took a lot of courage to do what they did. pence breaks the tie. then we have a test. we take mitch mcconnells best work product, his replacement vehicle, we put it on the floor last night. lets see what happens now. nine republicans walk away and say its un...

And the russian ambassador, the disclosure of what he said. should people be concerned about that? >> we should see the transcripts. they have been described so many ways. >> i masking the flip side, that the fact that the government surveyed, obviously, surveying g information about an american citizen. >> releasing it, that may be different, they question to me, is this the first investigation of mike flynn? he has made many enemies over the years in part by making arguments where he was was t...

>> new mexico one rand paul comes by this honestly. he has been very concerned for a while. some civil libertarians are letting us know there are surveillance hawks, generally, upset about the fact that mike flynn got swept up in this because he is one of theirs. do you think is legitimate? >> we are. that is ridiculous. if you supported the nsa, you know, practice of collecting data and listening, of course we listen to conversations with the russian ambassador. if we are not doing that, we are...

Of what a trump administration would be like with regards to the press. its an open question about whether president-elect trump will treat other journalists the way he treated megyn kelly and her book, which officially comes out next week so well see her doing book tour stuff next week, could be a window into the future. >> but some of this about the questions ahead of time and the coffee she drank and when you jump on her twitter today, ryan, it seemed to me she was walking it back. >> technic...

Abraham lincoln were alive today he would do an ad a lot like the one rand paul just did. >> did you read what he wrote in the local newspapers? >> what do you mean by that? >> he was an edgy political fighter. >> he would be so old. >> if he were alive today. assuming he would be healthy. >> but he would be old. >> lets get daniel day-lewis to do it. >> i think rand paul is going after the pot smoking libertarian opie and anthony crowd. you wanna fight? >> we will have to bleep out opie and ant...

Today he would do an ad a lot like the one rand paul just did. >> did you read what he wrote in the local newspapers? >> what do you mean by that? >> he was an edgy political fighter. >> he would be so old. >> if he were alive today. assuming he would be healthy. >> but he would be old. >> lets get daniel day-lewis to do it. >> i think rand paul is going after the pot smoking libertarian opie and anthony crowd. you wanna fight? >> we will have to bleep out opie and anthony. >> its okay.

Im like lets do the pros and cons. and thats not really his personality. hes like come on, do we really have to write them down? dont we know what they are? i wouldnt say there was one moment that you know i really came around to the idea this has obviously been a while coming. the last year we talked a lot. you know every time our college sons were home i would try to make sure that i talk to them one-on-one rand talked to them one-on-one. >> how do they feel about it all? >> they are excited a...