Section, this is one of the the three movements that were spending a lot of time on. The reason that i like to end with the Branch Davidians and to end with this particular or tex to talk about them is because it seems to really bring together a lot of the big themes that weve been talking over the course of the quarter. So on the one hand, we are finishing up our conversation about the Branch Davidians, but on the other hand, were using the entire course as a text to lift up these these points. So here is the agenda for today. And we spent some time about the cult perspective, which really is the anti cold perspective and then apply that and about how that shaped the events that took place in waco with the Branch Davidians in 1993. And then think through some of the consequences and implications of what happened there and then of of the way that the cult has been applied in context and and others. So so thats thats roughly the the agenda for today. I want to start out since this is so
Class in. Inventing religion in america and we are finishing up our conversation about the Branch Davidians and in particular using Eugene Gallagher and james tappers why waco to to shape our conversation is. I think i explained at the beginning of the course or at least the beginning of this this section, this is one of the the three movements that were spending a lot of time on. The reason that i like to end with the Branch Davidians and to end with this particular or tex to talk about them is because it seems to really bring together a lot of the big themes that weve been talking over the course of the quarter. So on the one hand, we are finishing up our conversation about the Branch Davidians, but on the other hand, were using the entire course as a text to lift up these these points. So here is the agenda for today. And we spent some time about the cult perspective, which really is the anti cold perspective and then apply that and about how that shaped the events that took place i
Our conversation is. I think i explained at the beginning of the course or at least the beginning of this this section, this is one of the the three movements that were spending a lot of time on. The reason that i like to end with the Branch Davidians and to end with this particular or tex to talk about them is because it seems to really bring together a lot of the big themes that weve been talking over the course of the quarter. So on the one hand, we are finishing up our conversation about the Branch Davidians, but on the other hand, were using the entire course as a text to lift up these these points. So here is the agenda for today. And we spent some time about the cult perspective, which really is the anti cold perspective and then apply that and about how that shaped the events that took place in waco with the Branch Davidians in 1993. And then think through some of the consequences and implications of what happened there and then of of the way that the cult has been applied in c
The pandemonium that ensued was that thousands of concertgoers in downtown las vegas figured out they were being fired upon n from above. And there is nothing wrong with sending every thought and prayer, every bit of your heart to las vegas to all of the family members that lost loved ones to those recovering to the First Responders to the community writ large. It really does help. I lived through one of these as a witness in sandy hook. Many of those pairings are still my friends or about the same age or kids who are the same age. While there is absolutely no words, no gestures that can never save the ones that cometh with losing a child, especially a first grader, it did not hurt to know that the rest of the world was thinking every single, minute about that community. The overwhelming amount of stuff they showed up in sandy hook. The teddy bears that piled up in the days and weeks that follow. N it was a reminder to that town that it wasnt forgotten. It helps. It does. But its not e
Retail sector is still under pressure. Pandora shares on the rise after activist Investment Firm calling for pandora to consider a sale. Stocks poised to open lower following mondays rally. Futures up 0. 4 as gasoline, medical care and food prices up. April Housing Starts up 6. 6. Well above expectations on a 3. 7 gain. Economy doesnt look too bad this morning, jim. No. A lot of that increase in cpi is gasoline has come up. Thats something that the market likes, which is the craziness of this market. Remember we go to 48 for oil yesterday, and we have an explosion. All the stocks of the companies that do poorly when oil goes higher, but thats all right because oil is meant to be a barometer. We keep telling ourselves that. At a certain point its not a barometer. At a certain point its back to the inflation rate. But at the same time i dont see a lot of strength. I just see a lot of no volume, algorithmic moves in the stock market. Yesterday was one of the worst examples of it because t