Two leaders. This event was part of the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute annual summer conference. It runs about an hour. Ok, good evening. I and peter carmichael, professor of history at Gettysburg College and also director of the Civil War Institute. My guest is noted historian gordon ray. He 20 years ago published the battle of the wilderness with lsu press. This would be the first of 4 volumes to cover the 1864 Overland Campaign. Gordon was the first historian to ever attempt to write a comprehensive history of those operations. Those operations, as you know, covered Central Virginia and 1 at cold harbor. It really is hard to imagine that anyone will ever again attempt to write such a comprehensive history because what gordon did is truly phenomenal. ,t is model tactical history well researched, beautifully written, and above all else, contextualized. As a microstudy of who did what and where. What is really remarkable is that gordon dived into the , and so much of tactical h
Weve seen all evening is starting to fall across the bay. It is a weak cold front thats pushing through. Its producing some sierra snow. Winter weather advisory in effect through 9 00 tomorrow morning. Three to sich six inches of snow expected above 6,000 feet. Here at home light sprinkles as we feet. Zoom in closer anywhere from fairfield seeing light activity down towards martinez as the cell moves through. Concord, san ramon and danville. The heavier pockets denoted by yellow there. Dublin. And hayward along the 580. On the peninsula we have showers making their way through san mateo. Redwood city just got done with shower activity. Now making its way into palo alto and san jose. All of that will continue to spread south overnight. By 1 00 2 00 through the mountains as well. By 5 00 tomorrow morning pockets of showers. Heading through the morning the shower activity will die down. In fact by noon well start to see sunshine and the day will ends on a dry noted. Later this week well b
Then to the left in front of the parking lot gates, you see the protesters who are chained to each other. Its happening today because its just past the oneyear anniversary of alex nietos death. This protest began just after 7 00 this morning with protesters blocking the shuttle you see here on valencia between 17th and 18th. They were holding signs. Later in the morning, they held a mock trial against the four officers accused of shooting and killing nieto. Last month it was announced they would not file charges. His parents say theyve been grieving every day since. Translator im very sad. Ive been very sad in the past year. But im even sadder now because throughout the year there has been no justice, nothing has happened. So thats why were here. To ask for justice. Just like they want to go home to their family and claim, oh we felt threatened, our loved ones never made it home to their family. For me every time it rains, my blood is running in these streets. You took a part of me. Re
But then it becomes a committee platform. Joining the publishing power of the web with the Committee Power of the internet, that forming of online, you no virtual communities is where the power lies in the future. And that is clearly what twitter is. Very much the information spreading mindset. I think originally it was looked up more. That that looms in the something is very powerful. And i think if you look at any major platform today it obviously combines those elements. We didnt have comments for a long time. Who wants to talk to people . I dont want to talk to people on the internet. One of the central themes of the book as i understand it in my limited understanding that this myth the Silicon Valley creator myth you dissected over and over. Break it apart to show there ideas who invented what and how many things. A lot of people did. Those of us who are biographers no that we have a dirty little secret. We distort history. We make it seem like their is some guy who comes up with
Whats right for the economy when it sees fit and may or may not be patient depending on whether patience is required or warranted. The dow gained and the s p gained 2. 22 and the nasdaq. So we go back to what brought us up here profit outlooks opportunity, and most important, pentup demand. No not pentup demand for laborer sales or new homes. Pentup demand for stocks. As so many Portfolio Managers wanted to be sure the fed wasnt going to create another they know nothing moment and crash stocks lower. Yep, weve become binary again, hanging on every word from the fed, hoping and praying it wont do something stupid. While we were hoping and praying the money stacks up on the sidelines and the hedge fund and Mutual Fund Managers along with the pension Fund Managers, theyre just waiting to hear with the fed will blow it. When the fed doesnt blow it and the big bad event is over, we rally like crazy you would think that we would eventually have some faith in the fed not to do the wrong thing