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VIDEO: Russia in Space
Wednesday 5 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block C: Hotel Mars, episode n. Anatoly Zak, Russia in Space, in re: Convinced that Ukraine will have no effect on joint Russian-US space program? No. [Alls sorts of things can go wrong.] As long as this crisis doesn't escalate further, the program will be OK. ...
VIDEO: Cold War Stock Picking
Tuesday 4 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Brett Arends, WSJ ROI Marketwatch, in re: Buy small-cap Russian stocks; down 80% since 2007, he cheapest asset in the world. Obvious risky but a good contrarian move. What’s the likelihood of the ruble collapsing? Ah – invest in stocks, not currency. ...
VIDEO: JFK, Taxes & the Fed
Tuesday 4 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: Sudeep Reddy, WSJ, in re: $500 trillion tax hike? Destroys any chance of comity or bipartisanship. Need to get rid of cronyism, but this isn’t it. Many people in Washington want tax reform. As soon as you address tax reform her, huge lobbyists jump in....
VIDEO: Possibilities of Failure
Monday 3 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance; in re: Ukraine and the markets. TMcC: . . . In 2006, was worried about Putin and revanchism. Today, disheartening to hear all the voices about Ukraine – where were they during the invasion of the sovereign state of Georgia? ...
VIDEO: Russia on the Potomac
Monday 3 March 2014 / Hour 2, Block B: John Fund, National Review Online, and David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Sr Congressional correspondent, in re: It was only Thurs of last week that Russia assured John Kerry that it wouldn’t invade Ukraine – and then did so ht next morning, Embarrassing...
VIDEO: Remembering Ariel Sharon
Thursday 27 February 2014 / Hour 2, Block D: Gilad Sharon, Negev, in re: Our ranch in the Negev near S'derot, also near Gaza so a lot of rockets come in. Ride horses (sometimes jeeps) around the ranch – cattle, sheep, horses. One week intensive mourning, then 30 days; then eleven months of prayer...