The media is piling on, the most rabid antitrump owned bezos, amazons owner. Read about it. 95 days until the election. The Justice Department knew about the cash for hostages swap and objected to it and they were overruled. This is the 400 million all cash ransom payment for the simultaneous release of the hostages. The Obama Administration says its coincidence. The main media have dropped it except for one. And the brits have the free money band wagon and keeping stocks at near record levels. Yes, Varney Company is out to begin. Trump wants to cut taxes for the super rich. [booing] well, were not going there, my friends. Im telling you right now, were going to write fairer rules for the middle class and we are going to raise taxes on the middle class whoa, did you catch that . That was Hillary Clinton on monday. Now, whether or not she misspoke or she actually means what she said about rising taxes on the middle class, i dont know, but the media certainly missed it, got it . And here
On a space station . Good question. Well, i did go to work for nasa which was a big help for me. I decided being an astronaut was a goal. Really what i also work on was aircraft control systems. Thats where my main work at nasa was on. That could play into working on the shuttle, also helping out. I just got lucky in the selection process. Thats really there are so many qualified people who try to be astronauts. It takes a little bit of luck just to get in. I just happened to get a little lucky. Had all the requirements needed and just a little bit of luck and i made it. So commander, in about 30 seconds tell us about the best experience youve had onboard the space station itself. Well, the best experience is, well always looking out window and the best way to look out the window is not having a window in front of you, thats going on a spacewalk. Thats probably the best experience. Its a fantastic feeling. It is a little pressure on you at the same time but, boy, its quite an experienc
Good evening. Welcome everyone to this years hayek book prize and lecture. Im brian anderson. Im the editor of city journal published by the manhattan institute. Unfortunately, ryhound salam the institutes president de zeal and couldnt be here tonight. He sends his regrets as he was very much. Looking forward to the event, which is one of our signature gatherings of the year. Were here tonight to honor joseph henrik for his book the weirdest. People in the world how the west became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous. Weird stands for western educated industrialized rich and democratic and henrik explains how this part of the world the west came to lead the way in embracing markets and individual liberty. The book is a stunning accomplishment. And a testament to the power of culture to build prosperity. But before we hear more about joseph henrik and his research, i wanted to talk a bit about the hayek prize and what it stands for the prize comes with a 50,000 award wh
He sends his regrets as he was very much. Looking forward to the event, which is one of our signature gatherings of the year. Were here tonight to honor joseph henrik for his book the weirdest. People in the world how the west became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous. Weird stands for western educated industrialized rich and democratic and henrik explains how this part of the world the west came to lead the way in embracing markets and individual liberty. The book is a stunning accomplishment. And a testament to the power of culture to build prosperity. But before we hear more about joseph henrik and his research, i wanted to talk a bit about the hayek prize and what it stands for the prize comes with a 50,000 award which makes it one of the worlds most generous book prizes. It honors a book published within the past two years that best reflects the vision of its namesake friedrich von hayek the brilliant economist who shared a nobel prize with gunner murdal in 1974
Which is one of our signature gatherings of the year. Were here tonight to honor joseph henrik for his book the weirdest. People in the world how the west became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous. Weird stands for western educated industrialized rich and democratic and henrik explains how this part of the world the west came to lead the way in embracing markets and individual liberty. The book is a stunning accomplishment. And a testament to the power of culture to build prosperity. But before we hear more about joseph henrik and his research, i wanted to talk a bit about the hayek prize and what it stands for the prize comes with a 50,000 award which makes it one of the worlds most generous book prizes. It honors a book published within the past two years that best reflects the vision of its namesake friedrich von hayek the brilliant economist who shared a nobel prize with gunner murdal in 1974 for hayek. Economic freedom was the cornerstone of a Flourishing Society