The Twenty, which are 20 conservatives, mainly from the Freedom Caucus who used their leverage to the fullest to hopefully what will be a fundamental change in how Washington D.C. operates. Campaign donations from crypto currency Sam Bankman Fried and others and high tech employees that have went primarily to democrats and how this probably affected the 2018, 2020 and 2022 elections. And, how some or most of these donations may dry up in 2024. Then finally the political unrest in Brazil and what that means for the soybean market.

Between the stock market and crypto, over 12 $ Trillion has been destroyed.  Gone, disappeared, etc. and this will have consequences for global finances and personal finances. I look at real estate and a few other markets. Small discussion on FTX. Look at how this relates to agriculture and while the rest of the world is losing money agriculture continues to appreciate in value.

Well agriculture and the country has survived another election. I give my take on what happened. Not really bad for either side in the ending result. Split government may make it hard to come to an agreement on what direction a new farm bill will go. More likely result is a two year extension of the current one.

lots of background on how I learned a few things in politics.  Some of the things I look at with making predictions.  I then make my predictions for the 2022 elections nationally.

Ukraine/Russian war causes lots of problems. We have caused some ourselves. Lots to think about. I quote Jordan Peterson a lot in this podcast.  What does winning look like? How does the world extract itself from this conflict? Lots of people in the world at great risk of being hungry and cold this winter.