![]() Jobless claims declined more than expected for the week ended May 13, staying below historical averages. Retail spending rebounded in April after two months of declines, suggesting that consumers are still spending despite tightening their purse strings. Then, a slate of economic data last week came in stronger than expected. What happened: The Fed’s meeting earlier this month fueled hopes that it was done with rate hikes, at least for now. Besides this documentary is free to watch on the BBC’s website.Will the Federal Reserve hike interest rates at its next meeting in June - for the 11th time in a row - or pause? Wall Street seems to be betting on the latter, but it was a topsy-turvy journey to that consensus last week. Learn the history and you will understand the world. Most people will probably find this documentary unremarkable but to those who want to understand the modern world and why things are how they are in this century, it’s important to understand how this began. Learn history and you will learn the world They spend billions on it rather than gun reform or preventing accidents all of which kill more people than terrorism. More people die from lightning strikes in the US than from terrorism and yet it permeates every policy they make including stupid demands for backdoors in phones, mass surveillance and secret courts. Most importantly it shows how this fateful day is so deeply burnt in the memories of all Americans young and old. A habit that has continued for most people especially those with little internet and explains how companies like Fox News still thrive even in the age of the internet. ![]() The documentary shows how this single event more than others made people rely on 24 news hour channels for updates coloured by emotional commentary instead of just facts. HD was not a thing and most internet users relied on dial-up. He didn’t have satellite TV on Airforce One and most TV channels were analogue. Even the U.S president couldn’t hold a flawless virtual meeting on Airforce bases. The war room was virtual and one thing that strikes you, given how communications have matured during the pandemic, is how backward technology was back in 2001. Instead, the stunned American president spent the better part of the day on the move as confusion and misinformation reigned supreme. Despite the title of this documentary there never was a “War Room” per se. So what do we learn from this documentary? We get to understand the fog of war first hand. The passage of time between now and then has added a bit of more clarity, given them time to ruminate on that day and their wiser old selfs get to look at what their younger selves did through the lenses of wisdom that only time can give. You get to peek into their states of mind and what made them do the things they did after. The candid nature of this Documentary which includes recent interviews of the people involved recounting just how the drama unfolded to them. ![]() So it’s fitting that we get a peak into how this all started and learn what fateful decisions made America go to wage a war in the “Grave Yard of Empires” The last war prompted by the 9/11 attacks ended this week when the U.S finally withdrew from Afghanistan. ![]() So what makes this one special? Two things: We have seen so many movies of different quality, so many TV shows including nauseating cheap ones like 24 and so many words have been said. There have been so many documentaries and dissections of 9/11. ![]()
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