GOOD EVENING. The show begins at the Federal Reserve, speculating how many cuts in the rates before year's end. One or two? December? September? To imagining the VPOTUS pick by the nominee, former President Trump. To Gaza and the limited action. To Columb
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🗓️ 8 May 2024
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GOOD EVENING. The show begins at the Federal Reserve, speculating how many cuts in the rates before year's end. One or two? December? September? To imagining the VPOTUS pick by the nominee, former President Trump. To Gaza and the limited action. To Columbia campus. To Paris and the Pyrenees with President Macron and General Secretary Xi. To Gaza, Istanbul, to Ethiopia, to Abuja, to Moscow and Normandy... to Berlin, to Warsaw, to Brussels and the June elections for the EU. Finally to Vostochny and the Angara launch and to 1969 and the moon race.
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The text provides an overview of the topics that will be covered in the show, including:
1. Speculation about potential interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
2. Discussion about former President Trump's potential choice for a running mate (VPOTUS).
3. The limited action in Gaza.
4. Events on the Columbia University campus.
5. A meeting between French President Macron and Chinese General Secretary Xi in the Pyrenees.
6. Updates from various locations such as Gaza, Istanbul, Ethiopia, Abuja, Moscow, Normandy, Berlin, Warsaw, and Brussels.
7. The upcoming June elections for the European Union.
8. The Angara rocket launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
9. A look back at the moon race in 1969.
The show appears to cover a wide range of current events and historical topics from around the world, focusing on politics, economics, international relations, and space exploration.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening. The show begins tonight at the Federal Reserve. One cut, two cuts, |
| 0:05.8 | September, December. Speaking with Elizabeth Peak, Wall Street has gone through a complete transformation since last December when |
| 0:14.7 | seven cuts were expected and Powell said three. This begins to be a game that everybody |
| 0:20.7 | loses. Now it's down to one cut or two, maybe September, but the new |
| 0:27.0 | possibility is December after the election. Why does it matter? Because the cost of money is too high for businesses to grow. |
| 0:35.0 | The presumption is when the government money runs out, that's the trillions, the recession |
| 0:41.3 | follows. That's the expectation. Then it's fun to play the V-Potis game. That is to say, |
| 0:50.8 | who will Donald Trump choose to be number two? That person is very likely |
| 0:56.8 | to be in a strong position in 27-28 presuming Mr. Trump is successful. If not, still a strong position. However, the |
| 1:07.2 | Vice presidency on the Democratic side is fixed. Senator now now Vice President Harris, stands to be in a very good position if Mr. Biden is successful |
| 1:18.4 | for the 28 campaign. |
| 1:21.3 | Gaza, the word is limited. |
| 1:24.0 | Jonathan Shenzer, the FDD joints. |
| 1:26.0 | Limited action in Gaza. |
| 1:28.0 | Why limited? |
| 1:30.0 | Plans. |
| 1:31.0 | Fog of war. |
| 1:32.0 | Also, campus, Jonathan indicates that there is indications of provocateurs on many campuses. |
| 1:39.0 | Provocateurs is associated with an NGO that's associated with students on |
| 1:45.4 | campuses, some campuses, more to be learned. And then Mary Kistel joins state |
| 1:51.7 | thinking about Gaza about the PRC. |
| 1:56.3 | Shijin Ping is in Europe doing a romance with McCrone and others, and now off to Serbia making dark remarks about an event that happened in 1999 25 |
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