Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse Podcast live stream number is it 62?

It is 62.

Wow, I'm amazed I got that right in light of where we are.

These are moving at quite a pace in the world.

And I must say in some ways this could be exactly the thing that the Dark Horse Podcast

leans well into you and I are two adults with a certain amount of expertise in the world

and a certain amount of experience and we can talk things through and people seem to

find that rewarding.

On the other hand, it's very hard to know how to even process what's going on.

So I must admit I personally am feeling a bit discombobulated and off-kilter even though

at some level everything that is taking place not in its detail but in its general, in

its general valence has been predicted by us and others in numerous places.

So I don't know exactly know why I'm so surprised.

But I think it has to do once again with the incredible speed.

That is to say even when you predict that some process is going to happen you can be caught

completely off guard by how quickly it unfolds and there's something important in that.

Indeed.

I'd like to start though with some gratitude.

Great.

And actually, and just point out where we're going today, although much of what we're

going to be talking about today is exactly responsive to some of the main events that have

happened this week, which puts, you know, I think it's much more within your both wheelhouse

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