chan does not operate a bank, a savings and loan and a credit union and does not have a license to do so. the photographs taken by the neighbors tell the whole story, there was a lot of work done here and long before they had any permits. we urge you to send this through the conditional use process. >> thank you. >> mr. gladstone? >> well, first of all, financial services are complicated. mr. sanchez, looked under the wrong company. the document that i have here is signature invest tores inc document, chan listed below and it says investment advisory services offered through significant tour inc a registered investment advisor. this provides information about allfred chan that supplements the form, adv part 2 a brochure of signature investments inc. so if mr. williams or sanchez had looked under the name of the licensee which is actually signature investments and investors inc. it would have found that there is a registered investment advisory company there who owns it allfred chan. you don't need to have the dba, the business name that is in there that signed the lease is sorry the b

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does he want to be recognized? does he want to be rewarded on a mainstream level?ou think that is there? >> it's hard to know. i think he's obviously interested in his legacy. he is redefining what a vice president does after his administration -- >> jon: he had this whole thing that he exists in the vapors of our government. it was crazy. >> it was a whole new way of seeing the role both in office and afterwards. he has written a book, he is writing another book. how history sees him. >> jon: was there any moment of insecurity that you saw? does these pants make me look fat? anything like that? >> moments talking about his youth and when he went off -- >> jon: we'll talk about that. can you stick around? appears on showtime march 15.

what does that mean? when you have a vertical prosecution unit, when you are doing is that you have the attorney that picks up the case from the very beginning takes the case all the way through trial and conviction. when you have a horizontal unit, you have multiple individuals, that may be picking up pieces of the case. somebody may take the case to arraignment. if it's a felony, somebody else may do the preliminary hearing and somebody else may eventually try the case. the downside in domestic violence when you do business that way, is that you lose continuity and the trust of the victim. and domestic violence is one of those areas where the relationship between the victim and the prosecutor is crucial, because the very beginning we're dealing with victims that generally reluctant. typically a domestic violence victim does not want to prosecute the offender. why is that? the offender is often the breadwinner. the offender is often someone who who is in a relationship where there may be children involve

john: doe, doe, don't sell it to her doe, don't do it. oh, no, john. oh, no, don't do it, doe. john, don't wreck and fall. doe: someone's not going to be happy. he was looking at all of them. (chuckling) well, you know, tough luck. miller: hi, jim. jim: hey, you're back! the challenge is this. since we're talking baseball today... oh, my. ...the question is, at auction a baseball card sold for a record highest price. who is the player on the card? around the turn of the century. i know, it's like one of those crazy names. those crazy names. it's not my favorite shoeless joe jackson. i'm going to say lou gehrig, but i know it's not. good guess but no, it's not. oh, there we go. shades of sweeney todd. walberg: unlike miller, john bruno doesn't think bidders who attend quinn's auction in falls church, virginia, are primarily interested in traditional americana just because the auction house happens to be located in the suburban south. this is an auction house that does bill itself as dealing with d.c. and it's also on the internet. i'm spotting some modern art and good modern art

does that make sense? >> that is a very important question, and i think when you are talking about the gospel, and you are talking about the teachings of jesus, which is the foundation of the catholic church, we are talking about a message that focuses on liberation, and you have to look at that message. who are being marginalized? who is being oppressed? that is really what the mission of the church is, and so we need to examine that mission against what is happening in the world today. that is what i think that means. tavis: so that means, in theory, the kind of pope that progressive catholics would want would look like what? give me a profile of the kind of pope that progressive catholics would want to see. >> well, if i am being honest, progressive catholics would want to see a woman. we know that is not going to happen anytime soon, right? but we want to see a pope that recognizes what it means to adhere to that mission, working to liberate those at the margins of society. that needs to be the focus o

where does don meredith when we needed him?ow officials are trying to figure out just what the heck happened. the nfl has ruled out beyonce as the culprit. the entertainer used her own generators for the halftime show. and superdome authorities say that a substation detected an abnormality and automatically cut power. but at this point that's all they know. fortunately, conservatives have a few theorys of their own. many right-wingers took to twitter and social media blew up, and of course blaming the obama administration, pointing to this department of energy press release detailing the city of new orleans embracing of energy efficiency. "the daily caller" writing "what is more energy-efficient than darkness? green is the new blackout." this tweet from herman cain, the department of energy wanted you to know that last night's super bowl was the greatest -- or the greenest ever. then the lights went out. from a "wall street journal" columnist, "super bowl xlvii is brought to you by solyndra." and from laura ingraham, "how long

debt does not matter.it is invisible you are fighting claude raines. >> i heard a couple republican say, let the president do what he is going to do, after he destroys the economy and kills businesses, then we will have a chance to get back i in to was. what does this have to do with getting back in office? we have unemployment at a very high level, why are we not addressing the things that really make a difference rather than talking the politics of it, the president is running on as though he still, the way i look at it november is another elect for him. the election is over, my god. if you look at small, you know i'm involved with the job creators alliance. and this is small business people. and that is where i was many, many years ago, i remember those days they were hard. they are struggling today, all of small business people i have talked to in america today, 70% think that washington is anti-business, i agree, they think there are too many regulations, and they think that taxes on this last tax bil

it does not strike you as a three unit building. i did not get into the appellant's apartment today. that unit... i called it an apartment. everyone refers to it as units that does not legalize it. >> i got a question, at the same time, i mean, we look at it and it is a single family dwelling. such as a lot of units from san francisco when the rich men in sunset that we know have non-warranted. so more of a question or a statement is that when you purchased the full five on 26th avenue with the non-warranted rooms down, and you rented and you rent them as rooms, the whole time, now it is convenient for it not to be a rentable unit when you want it to be. i mean, so, i don't know, i am trying to get a question. >> take us through the process to change it from a single family to two units. you would have to go through the planning and the parking is an issue, just because someone puts a kitchen in there it does not make a legal unit. unless you have the building permit to do so. i really what probably annoys me and everybody is that t

how does it get funded? we did the best we could. >> this would be a great time to take a small break. i would like to invite up three more panelists --margaret brennan, howard snyder, and john harwood. they will subject you to the brutal questions that i did not get around to. jump in if there are any questions that you have. >> when it comes to the relationship with those you are employing. when you talk to people who are looking for a job now or have looked for the past 10 years, the new task at understanding is that a corporation providing you with healthcare or any benefit is really an add-on. it is extra. companies seem to want to keep you temporarily employed or up to just the level where they would have to provide you with something more beyond just hourly pay. is that the new understanding between workers and corporations? has that model changed? >> i do not think so. we invest $1 billion in training. we have never shirked on that. we add a lot of people to the company every year. they get health ca

in case congress does not come up with its own legislation.he president is seeking executive action. we would like to hear what you think about president obama using executive orders to work around congress. here are the numbers to call. for republicans, 202-585-3881. for democrats, 202-585-3880. for independents, 202-585-3882. you can also find us online. sadness a tweet at twitter.com/c-spanwj -- send us a tweet at twitter.com/c-spanwj. you can also e-mail us at journal@c-span.org. this story is from bloomberg news. host: looking at one of the executive orders that he assigned -- that he signed an tuesday, it relates to cyber security and cyber issues. the president issued an executive order designed to strengthen the cyber security of critical infrastructure last week, which some say could get the ball rolling for a renewed legislative push in congress. it contains some provisions of the bill in the sharing and protection act that failed past. the president is waging an endless campaign. president obama will never again be an election candi

i think one does vote on one, does one vote on one's own recusal? >> no, he did not. not on another but do you recuse? >> i think if you recuse then you vote. i don't know how that is to be reflected button page 3 it should say he recused and not retaining. >> on page 4 as well and finally with respect to top of page 5, the closed session doesn't properly disclose consistent with 67.16 who was present in the closed session. >> 67.15 of the ordinance has specific language about closed the minutes of a closed session which asks to include who was present and it's not clear from the context who was. so those are my suggested amendments to the minutes. thanks. >> did you get those? they all seem?

that does it for us tonight. we'll see you again tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern, which is when the special coverage of the state of the union begins. at 8:00 eastern, now it is time for ""the last word"" with lawrence o'donnell. >>> and the republicans voted for the sequester, now they hate the sequester. so who do the republicans blame for the sequester? take a while guess. >> our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward. and the state of the union is strong. >> it is the state of the union eve. >> the state-of-the-union address. >> the state of the union. >> president obama will pivot back to the economy. >> that is not a prescription for getting a budget deal with the house republicans. >> the sequester turned into a ridiculous blame game. >> he is the one who proposed it in the first place. >> it is completely wrong and to make that argument requires a sequestration of memory. >> we have had plenty of spending cuts, what we need is growth deva vu all over again. >> there is a lot of energy coming from the

. >> a clear indication of the size of that deck and it does extend into the rear yard as does the property extends into the rear yard. it is not only a fire escape as you look here, this extends back and there is a deck on top. the large portion of this extends the rear yard. and i stated that. that this does not extend into the rear yard i am just pointing out that it is an adjacent neighbor that has direct access to the private open space. in my estimation it is in the rear yard and it is relatively in the rear yard, that is the common to all areas, all of the structures because it is 20 and a half feet of a blank wall. as far as the directions, here is the occasional of how much shadow is being cast? >> i am sorry. >> okay. >> okay. so this is a diagram of the proposed deck. and you can see this on the shadow that is being cast on my clients' property and so as far as the mislabeling of the directions, i mean i was aware of that early on and i did not address it, i did not think that it had much impact on to any of the site conditions, as you can see there is a tremendous amount of shad

in your mind, does it work?? >> it does not work for me either.n that this and wi make someone happy because of german engngineering, i doubt that. >> it does seem a stretch.. does it work for you >> are loved it. if you go online, you will see the teaser for it. it is. genius. i wish i could have seen this during the super bowl. it is brilliant. the brand is aboutappiness. the work place where people are not happy right now. the most important thing is driving a beetle. those are key selling points for volkswagen. >> another reason why it wouldld not happen. [laughter] the mercedes ads wille running during the super bowl, i ththought they worked. the reason i i thought t this did not work because it took a long time to get to the car. the boss wit the accent did amuse me. this ad is called "deal with the devil." when h he is in the mercedes, he suddenly becomes somebody a celebrity. to me, that is much more about the car than the vw ad. you have seen the mercedes ads. there is this one and the one with beautiful women at a car wash. i love whahat

and sadly, unless things change dramatically, it does not appear -- one thing he does not want is to be arrested by lapd having his picture taken with them putting handcuffs. it sounds he's going to be in this for the long haul. and that's very sad considering how all this got started. losing your job, i understand it's a big deal. but it's not worth all of this. >> all right, mary ellen, let me thank you. let me go on to the phone line to talk to psychologist jeff gardere. jeff, what do you think from what we know is going through chris dorner's mind assuming this is chris dorner and what we've been told with the things that have occurred. what do you say would be going through his mind at this point? >> well, at this point i would believe this is what he has been dreading. but at the same time wanting. the final face-off, the final showdown with the police. reverend, it seems to me this is an individual who was going to accomplish his mission, try to take down as many cops as possible especially those who may have been associated with his circumstance of being fired from the lapd.

and bernard to what extent does. i mean there's lots of currencies around the world but they're all the same type but they're all the same to they're all feel our currency is the same going to governments or not with a pine forest and you say well they're all different bombings however we know that when there is a match they can go over the same time that's what happened in two thousand said to that make for example while at a crisis well they always looked and they all are making their own mechanisms that are motivate the providing the same motivation at the same time so you know it's kind of like self-feeding right and that's why it's a lack of diversity of media of exchange doesn't give the flexibility that either businesses or societies or comp corporations or communities would prefer. to deal with their issues and we have a one size fits all and that size fits for certain things but there are lots of things and then happen in our society because they're not encouraged to example no environmental issues. social i

the president does not run the country. congress does not run the country.he supreme court does not run the country. i do not think once i should have all of the power. power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. and the public sector, unions have had too much power. that is what a lot of states with big public-sector unions are having problems. the solution is not to eliminate .he laws it is to go back to the bargaining table. he did and then unions gave him $100 million and reduction. he granted tax cuts for the wealthy. to get back to the issue of workers, the unemployment has been largely created because of huge inequalities because of ds.ancial worll a lied about the value of homes and the income of people getting subprime mortgages. that is a their violation of securities laws and of the electronic mail fraud laws. they have not been indicted because they have paid contributions to democrats and republicans. they should have been indicted long ago. if unions represent workers, they have a voice against their employer. in this country

yarmuth, does that not indicate mr.onnell is perhaps a little bit worried about this young woman? >> oh, i think mitch mcconnell is totally freaked out about an ashley judd candidacy. the one thing that he has been able to do over the years is spend lots of money demonizing his opponents and having a huge financial advantage. he won't have as big a financial advantage, but the real difference is ashley judd will be on television virtually every day for the length of the campaign if she runs. mitch mcconnell won't be and people will see and hear from the real ashley judd and then they won't have to worry about relying on the information in mitch mcconnell and karl rove's paid ads. reality trumps political advertising all the time and ashley judd is a terrific candidate. i was with her with a group of people. she is a total natural in terms of retail politics. he endears herself to virtually everyone she meets. >> do you -- >> she's going to be a formidable person. >> do you respect her commitment to service in this way,

it does seem as if it's deadlocked. the question is how does it move forward?lk to people on both sides of pennsylvania avenue, they say it is likely the sequester is going to kick in. so not a lot of optimism for a deal right now. >> if the sequester deal isn't reached, 49 delay. i look at that 40. that's the republican base, and that's the republican congressional district, and it goes right to the what's the incentive for house republicans to compromise? >> i think one of the things people need to keep in mind is even though we look like we're deadlocked right now, maybe the democratic strategy with regard to republicans is looking at the 2014 mid-term elections. it's a high number of republicans that want the status quo, but the vast majority of the american public does not want this. and i think that if the sequester deal, if it actually happens, when you start seeing these stories across the country about the impact on real people's lives, it's going to hurt republicans and in 2014 that's a huge problem for the republican party. >> patty, there's two sort

liz: does that signal a flashing red light for equities? >> yes, it does.s been flashing red lights for a long time. the fact that ben bernanke feels compelled to buy $85 billion worth of bonds every month tells you he's worried about the economy and that people watching the economy are concerned which is ultimately going to impact things like corporate earnings and, ultimately, stock prices. liz: jmk, barclay's yield, and the same situational picture, ishares, high yield, and you see how they started to look very healthy over the past couple year, and then you see a little move to the downside that i'm wondering, for awhile there, you got nervous, but now it's just kind of something where people might say what do you avoid, what do you go towards, and how do you use corporate bonds in the fixed income market? >> i think high yield bonds are priced for perfection assuming there's no real bad economy coming, no real increase in yields. that has to happen or else people lose money on high yield bonds with no place to go, but often times yields and down in ter

that depends much on how the economy does or does not improve in his second term. >> mike allen, in talking to key democratic senators who have been talking to the president about all of this, they say that he is willing to commit to some entitlement cuts. that he is going to show some leg in terms of what he will do. he still wants a deal and thinks one is possible, but this is the tough it's part of what they're trying to achieve up there. they're making progress in a bipartisan way. the fiscal deadlines are the real obstacles. >> that's really true, andrea. here's a simple way to see how serious the president is about entitlements, to see how much leg he is going to show, and that is how specifically does he have his own party, does he ask democrats to do difficult things. if he says republicans needs to do these six things and then if he says democrats, i'm going to talk to my own party here, these are tough times. we need to make tough choices. these problems are manageable. we're going to have to change on these three things, that will show both that the president is serious about doi

not only does the president condemn the cuts, but his administration is also sounding the alarm. first, the secretary of state. >> but in these days of the looming budget sequester that everyone actually wants to avoid, or most, we can't be strong in the world unless we are strong at home. my credibility as a diplomat, working to help other countries create order is strongest when america at least puts its own fiscal house in order, and that has to be now. >> next, the secretary of defense. >> members of congress need to understand that they were elected to protect the public, not to hurt the public. and i hope they will remember that as they hopefully work towards a resolution of this issue. >> the president and his cabinet all want, quote unquote, smarter cuts, and with them, the closing of key tax loopholes on the wealthy, including corporations. he accused republicans of obstinacy and avarice on taxes. >> are you willing to have teachers laid off or kids not have access to head start? or deeper cuts in student loan programs? just because you want to protect a special tax inte

that does not worry you? >> it does not worry me.would rather it be 40% but what have you mainstream media year in and year out, you have politicians on both sides vilify the tea party you have to expect there will be some effect on favorability rating, but when you end up where we are over 12 million people who claim tea party affiliation that is extraordinary. neil: a good point, mark thank you very much and vince thank you. >> thank you. neil: creating jobs by cutting unemployment benefits? the lawmakers say that is what it takes, that is what he is doing. let nothing stop you. good job ! it's red hot deal days. get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. neil: north carolina wants to cut jobless benefits as a way to jobs, lawmakers approving a big cut to unemployment checks, companies don't top move there becaus

where does someone like myself go? i have a loan, i need additional funding. >> did you try through the sba? >> i already have an sba loan. i went to wells fargo for a line of credit and they would not give me one. >> i can speak to you about it. when we look at funds that are needed, the biggest thing we look at our cash flow. i can address that with you. unless there is an issue, at that point -- [inaudible] >> let's talk, ok. >> i have a couple of more questions. i know that the panelists have agreed to stay after for those who have specific questions. i do have one question for wells fargo. what are the typical rules for applying for sba loan of less than $50,000? how much money do we need to have in your bank to apply for a loan? >> i am on the smaller side of the bank. i am a transaction guy. i do not technically require one to have an account to do a loan with. what i look for, i generally start at 100,000 and up. when it is a requirement of 50,000 or less, i tend to call of the micro guys to help me out. that i

when chris christie does this, does this bring up all the issues of the problems withunk food in this country and obesity in the country? >> i think he honestly has a great attitude towards a lot of this. he said on letterman last night i laughed at the jokes because i think they're funny. the most successful bipartisan relationship this administration has been able to form is governor christie so i doubt they will do anything to put that into too much jeopardy. >> he is playing it perfectly. whether or not he will be the fat man or the picture down the road or he will have energized a diet, he is positioning himself so beautifully. the most important thing at the end of the day is what he is doing. liz: does this get old after a while? seriously there are health issues. he is a great sport, hysterically funny. amazingly funny but after a while people say it ain't so funny. >> it probably gets old when you run out of jokes which happens in a few months, but it just comes down to the way he governs and what is his plan in 2016. i think he is making some real differences and that will g

just because the enemy is ugly and vicious and does awful things does not allow you to do the same.t's a basic tenet of just war ethics. >> i completely agree with vicki on this. and you know, it's troubling to me that in this great country, where we can send people to the moon. we can have these great debates about gay marriage. and we can really be invested in our own progress as human beings and as a nation, it's troubling that the only way that we can seem to resolve, the way that the public seems to want to resolve the current terrorism problem is by turning our nation into a country that out terrorizes the terrorists. that is precisely the wrong thing to do. and i agree with vicki. it is not easy. it has never been easy. and what we should not be looking for are easy solutions that are going to test well in the public. those aren't the smart solutions. >> but we haven't experienced a major terrorist attack since 9/11, doesn't that fact suggest to a lot of people that the war on terror fought on the terms you two are skeptical about is working? >> it suggests that. there's no q

what does his brain look like? if your behavior is completely different, your brain is going to be different. women, you know that men have different behavior. mris are capable of telling you how this gender difference is manifest. we can also study people like him. i study individuals -- if you want to look at your spousal score on this, see me later. individuals have a profound inability to really appreciate -- they are extremely callous. let me give you my interpretation of how to understand this. do you feel any remorse for what you have done? almost everyone, right? at least on television. how many of you -- you look at the defendant and sometimes the defendant does not have a good answer to that question. how many of you can solve this equation? now you know how psychopath feels when he is asked about remorse. individuals who lacked this ability that most of us take for granted, that is how they feel. hopefully, i did giving you a touch of a psychopathy for a nanosecond. how do we study people like him? we ca

or leader that-- >> no, he does not.did not show nothing of that knowledge. >> and going to forge the next agreement. >> the currency change after world war ii. >> it might be unprecedented. and prior to tim geithner, what you had a usually, the people who had great success in business, or real intellectual standing. he was sort of a government plumber in the financial machinery. now, we move from him to jack lew who doesn't have that expertise. and it's really, it's hard to find a treasury secretary in our history that knows so little. >> and let's hope he has the speed dial of people like paul volcker and others, and he's going to get them-- and the catholic church after pope benedict, the ailing pontiff shocked the world with news of hisresignation. what's next for the world's 1.2 billion catholics. plan fo. get a shareable pool of data... got enough joshua trees? ... on up to 25 devices. so you can spend less time... yea, the golden barrels... managing wireless costs and technology and more time driving your business

does the person lack volitional control and does the person, is the person likely to be violent in the future? if, however, we are actually using at least the first construct, not empirically but we're using it normatively. then we are potentially violating two provisions of the constitution. what you're essentially doing is calling upon the fact finder, whether it's the judge or jury, you're calling upon the fact finder to make a judgment about whether the person is mentally abnormal defined as substantial lack of volitional control, but we have never actually operationally defined what lack of volitional control is, so an expert can't come in and testify that this person is a factual matter lacks volitional control. what is doing the work? what is doing the work is the fact that the person has based badly b behaved badly in the past. because they didn't control their behavior in the past, they are therefore, likely not able to control their behavior today and tomorrow. but if you use, if you basically define lack of volitional control as past bad acts, then you're back in the realm o

not plan on getting rid of aircraft that have already been released out nor does it have the power to prevent federal use of drones in its airspace but it is proof that one small town is willing to take a stance on new avi's until tougher regulations are agreed upon already lawmakers in ten other states have started to draw up their own legislation based on charlotte bills for the resolution. goes to show that a symbolic action can sometimes result in real change. when you meet someone in a bar or at the bookstore or even at a seminar chances are the first thing that you do before you contact them is try to find out a little bit more about them and the best place to do that is the internet it is after all the new age of information a simple google search can reveal a lot of information about a person's life for instance if you search social media sites like facebook linked in twitter or my space if you're still using that you can find out pretty easily a person's age gender and marital status you might be able to discover a person's sexual preference their political religious affiliat

the academy does not prepare you for that. i take that experience and i realized in the gang environment, most of these youths are coming from single- family households. in the area where the gang violence is most prevalent, great citizens of the community, 99% of those citizens are afraid. as a prosecutor, i take this experience and figure out how i want to enforce gang violence, especially in san francisco. i break it down into three categories. you have the individual who is not fully immersed in the gang lifestyle. he is just an associate comment just hanging out. -- associates, just hanging out. for that individual, we try to work with community-based programs. i've met with dcyf, the african- american steering committee, people haven't been in this violence and i say to them, what can -- people have been in this violence, and i say to them, what can we do to make sure if this individual does not go to prison? for that individual, we try to find a way to keep him out of the prison sentence. then you have the second indivi

the question is does such as mean including these and only these? or does such as mean these are examples and the following list includes but not limited to the following examples. we believe that it means the latter. we believe that the board of supervisors ruled that it means the latter and that is cited in there and with all due respect to carm en chu's office she was given misinformation on what this use was and i will hand in all of the secretary of state information about the financial company. and she was given misinformation and i really think that we need to look at what the full board of supervisors in a public hearing with all sides talking before them made a decision on. and let's look at the intent of the code. the intent of this active service provision was to incentivize the people in the ground floor with a business to create a lot of windows to create an active use and the incentive was that they could avoid a conditional use permit. by doing so. as mr. sanchez will probably tell you he sees no reason that this use needs a condition

and does not need from washington. it is my great pleasure to introduce senator jerry moran will provide some introductory mar remarks -- remarks. both in the senate and then before 2010, and during seven terms in the house. he successfully led opposition with senator biden to defeat the protect ip act. that was the senate version of sopa. he has encouraged congress to develop a spectrum policy as well. senator moran is the author of the start pact. these are bills that the seat to unleash the job-creating power of entrepreneurs to grow the economy. please welcome senator moran his first ces. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for the introduction and our panelists. i am anxious to get your instructions and hear your direction as what we should be attempting to accomplish. this should be an issue that does not divide us but brings us together. i hope that is the case in 2013. i very much appreciate the consumer electronics association hosting this tremendous trade show. i have been able to wander the floor th

let's see, how does it turn? so the sun comes out, the sunlight-- let's see, go this way, oh, i get mixed up. which way does the earth turns, gang? it turns this way? yeah, it turns that way, okay. which part of the earth is moving faster in kilometers per second? up here or down here? if i hold it towards you like that, which part of that earth is traveling faster, gang? we talked about these ideas, near the equator. guess why they launch from cape canaveral instead of nova scotia? guess why they get their eyes on the big island of hawaii for future launch? why do you suppose they're looking at hawaii for future launch? that 8 kilometers per second translates to 18,000 miles per hour. it turns out hawaii is going about 1,000 miles per hour. up here, going slower, so you know what you get? you get a free boost. so if you launch near the equator, you don't have to fire it off at 18,000. fire it off at 17,000, save you some fuel. so yes, the spin of the earth is a factor. so far i'm neglecting it and i neglect a lo