Virtually as well. Host is so give us an update five months into this. Guest its been like a roller coaster, to be honest. Weve had ups and downs. Weve, we were able through the ppp loans to be able to bring our staff back. Unfortunately, when we brought them back, our storeses were under, were still hut down because of the pandemic here in florida. But toward the edge of it we were the end of it we were able to open around the beginning of june or so. Actually not june, i think it was july. Now that i think about it, it was in july we began to open. And we opened all but one of our stores. One of our stores weve closed permanently on miami beach. But were looking forward to finding another space there as well. Host whats it been like to have customers back in the store, mr. Kaplan . Guest you know, for us, its been fairly smooth. Our customers have been all very, very respectful of wearing masks, theres been no hesitation on anybodys part about that. Our staff has been very upbeat. We
Who has done stiller work at the disinformation tell all, coolers title ever and before that she was scholar with institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose the information war, russia fake news and the future of congress is conflict is an amazing title and essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom and all your friends. We remember russias Successful Campaign to sow distrust and confusion ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information as nina would say we need to understand what disinformation is. Ive heard around this topic before and what it is not. The information is use of false or misleading information with malign intent. Thats different from misinformation which can be harmful but lacks malign intent. It also has broader goals and propaganda which involves promotion of a nations view. Nona writes, unlike soviet propaganda which sought to promote specific communist centric world view, the kremlin today divides populations around the world
Discussion or save them for the q a at the end of the event, so i just want everyone to know that before we get started. So as i said, this, of course, could not be a more important or more timely conversation that we are going to have today since the death of george floyd in Police Custody last night. We have seen nationwide unrests, we have seen protests not only here in america but internationally. Weve also seen a certain narrative take hold. It start with the assumption that the only way to properly view George Floyds death is through racial lens. In fact, all of encounters between police and black suspects are increasingly view this way. Its a narrative of Derek Chauvin and that george floyd is every black man in america. That blacks essentially leave the house each day worried about having a violent encounter with police. The media has run with this narrative which faces very little pushback, very little skepticism and it leaves with us with the impression that the biggest probl
Life for on demand on your time. This is csi of online. Were going to go ahead and get started now. Folks are still running. That is fine. We want to get started because we have a fantastic program for you and not a lot of time. This hour is going to fly by read, who, is really a fantastic read. This is a Glass Half Full story of chinas economy and management of the Financial System and its offered at a time when u. S. China relations are declining and attacks from all different corners in the United States of chinas system are growing. And theres this argument that chinas economy, how it manage that economy is incompatable with the International System and as a result the u. S. And others need to reduce their exposure to chinas unique risks. The book tries to answer the question, how did china manage to do it . How did they manage to continue to grow without a major financial crisis . And can they keep it up . Im going to turn the floor over to tom in just a minute. So introduce his b
Committee chairman, the meeting with white house chief of staff mark meadows and Steve Mnuchin over the course of this week there is a deal in principle on a deal for another Coronavirus Relief package, not quite as big as the cares act passed in march but negotiators are saying it could be 1 trillion or more and this bill would tackle many things left out of the cares package. 5 billion at this point, more money for contact tracing, testing a major republican priority and liability protection, businesses and schools the reopen. This is an agreement in principle. Weve not seen the bill text with a expect to drop starting monday. That was first stage negotiation, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer and negotiations will get underway. Where are Senate Republicans on not only the bill itself but suggestions for spending . They are split. A number of republicans are concerned about spending. The deficit continues to rise, 3. 6 trillion spent to address the coronavirus pandemic at half of that h