Said mark wright whats amazing is that this discussion of whats a better store of value gold or a bit coin and in lebanon we have a taste test case people are selling gold to buy bitcoin that proves the big point is a greater and more portable store of value than gold and thats going to be the story all over the world people cant take their gold across the border its too heavy its too obvious they cant take that point and thats what people are doing their fling with their big point whether its in china lebannon all over the world goal is not the store of value that big coin is thats why peter schiff under his desk in a fetal position crying this is why alex jones is converted now to being a full blooded bitcoin bear this is the new way so the banks in lebanon have been restricting withdrawals of how much cash you can access lebanese banks began imposing increasingly restrictive and formal capital controls after a Popular Uprising 1st swept the country more than 4 months ago foreign cur
Demonstrators were hoping to reach the National Assembly and renew a campaign to oust progovernment lawmakers before being blocked by a security barricade riot police then fired tear gas in a bid to disperse the crowds this is the 1st rally called by god oh since returning to that as well from a high profile tour to drum up International Support in a bid to unseat president Nicolas Maduro Opposition Leader declared himself interim president after launching a movement to oust mr old last year. Thats a breakdown of todays top headlines for now but if youre looking for more you can always had to our website or to dot com thanks for tuning in. Sure this is the kaiser report you know of open court adoptions driven by banks failing and countries failing and now in lebanon theyve got a huge crisis and of course big clients come to the rescue stacey max were going to get into lebanon but 1st i want to have some show notes here we are still in los angeles it is the busy suburbs where they did f
Dont tory asli volatile cryptocurrency as the countrys economy founders so this was an aljazeera english and they looked at after years of being knowing about bitcoin it was only when their country banks started to fall apart when their credit default swaps suggested theres a 99. 5 percent chance of them bank going bankrupt and banks introduced the same thing that we saw back in 2011 with cyprus and they had the balans 1st they have the limit on the amount of money that you could withdraw so in lebanon we saw Something Like 4050. 00 a day that theyre allowed to take out and they focus on a guy name are who asked for a surname to be withheld. He says hes not standing around helplessly he is trying to move what is left of his savings out of lebanon via a financial instrument meant many in the country have not embraced until recently big coin quote suddenly everything turns upside down and all the options are open said mark wright whats amazing is that this discussion of whats a better st
Goes to india for a look at why women find it hard to get paid jobs. Hello and terry Martin Thanks for joining us a push towards a full ceasefire in libya World Leaders gathered in berlin over the weekend for a peace conference they agreed to stop interfering in libya and respect the u. N. Weapons and bargo but after 9 years of war the rival factions on the ground in libya are still refusing to meet face to face. Is a mighty gathered in berlin on a sunday afternoon world powers united in a mission of hope german chancellor Angela Merkel invited representatives of more than 10 countries to press for a solution to the long running conflict in libya. And it was only a few hours before the end of breakthrough no more arms shipments to the war torn country. We can confirm that we have all agreed to respect the arms embargo and will also money toit more closely enough in the stack of continue to hold this in the gun that the fight is. However they havent yet spelled out consequences for brea
The speaking portion is almost always e. And open to the public and we are able to do that because you come here and buy your books and your stocks and greeting cards and we appreciate you keeping it local. Its about our guest will be speaking tonight. The event will be recorded by cspan, so an extra special reminder to silence your cell phones. After the guest is done speaking there will be an opportunity to ask questions, and we will have microphones available so your questions can be picked up as well. If you would like to stick around afterwards to get it signed, we can accommodate that we just ask that you first purchased the book downstairs. They are available right when you walk in at the information desk. Tonight we are excited to welcome back to the store h. W. Brands. He is a professor here at u. Of t. And he holds five senior chair in history. He is a New York Times bestselling author of 30 books on u. S. History. If you can keep history that interesting that you can write 3