[inaudible conversations] in San Francisco. Im the director of events and we are pleased to welcome you to our author event. We are pleased to welcome you to this event with roland de wolk. We are pleased to have them both here for the first time. Before we begin, i would like to find out how many of you have been to the mechanics before . Wonderful. How many are new . Wonderful. Please come back wednesday at noon, we have a tour of our library, the librarian will show you around. At the International Test club down the hallway. 1850, we have a long history of San Francisco. We have Ongoing Events such as this one. We have the International Chess club down the hallway that presents their ongoing lectures and tournaments. Also, we have book clubs and a Writers Group and friday nights, we help we you welcome and join us for our cultural events. I would like to introduce our guest. Hes an Investigative Reporter in print, broadcast and online journalism. Is also a historian at the universi
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New book, american, the life of stanford. We are pleased to have them both here for the first time. Before we begin, i would like to find out how many of you have been to the mechanics before . Wonderful. How many are new . Wonderful. Please come back wednesday at noon, we have a tour of our library, the librarian will show you around. At the International Test club down the hallway. 1850, we have a long history of San Francisco. We have Ongoing Events such as this one. We have the International Chess club down the hallway that presents their ongoing lectures and tournaments. Also, we have book clubs and a Writers Group and friday nights, we help we you welcome and join us for our cultural events. I would like to introduce our guest. Hes an Investigative Reporter in print, broadcast and online journalism. Is also a historian at the university adjunct an offer. During his almost four decades in journalism, is specialized in investigative projects as well as new features, earning him mos
Endless virtue signalling, the youthful warrior, which makes it a ha rd youthful warrior, which makes it a hard one for conservatives to a spouse. Those on the right will tell you it is about calm things, conservation, safeguarding resources , conservation, safeguarding resources, equilibria espouse. The battle to convince voters that conservatives are the natural champions of green issues will be an uphill one. That starts tomorrow when the government releases a 25 year plan on the environment including to eliminate all avoidable Plastic Waste by 2022 when the Prime Minister would be, excuse the details on the 86 years old. Anything radical . We find out tomorrow. Will it stated chance of making anyone think it is a subject close to the tory heart . We will debate it with stanleyjohnson whose latest encounter with all things green was in the australian jungle and he has written extensively on the environment, and caroline lucas, britains own green mp. First, nick watt. Ugly. Watt. Ugl
Economy they could have developed if they had followed the advice of your friends who fled for catoed a an easter eda time. Europe has become willing hostages to russia. The scenario weve all sort of talked about, what happens if the price of oil really falls . My guess is some place in the world a tanker will be sunk or a pipline will be blown up. The price of oil will spike but there will be no russian fingerprints on it. Lets just do a quick couple minutes. Lets focus on because i want to have time for q a here, where you think the next explosion will be at on the globe . Wref talked about ukraine and russia. Herman . Theres an area dealing with china that gives me great concern even though theres been little publicity about it. Its a doctrine of the Chinese Government that no u. S. Sush veilance are a military ship should come within 200 miles of the coast of china, and that, of course, is contrary to freedom of the seas. Weve already had a number of incidences of boat rammings, of