Bruce: Welcome Everybody to the Big Call tonight. Intel wise let’s just say that it appears that everything we every wanted to know about Iraq and failed to ask is done. We did get confirmation this morning that Iraq’s budget was finally put in their printed version of their Gazette this morning at approximately 7:30 Baghdad time this morning which would have been about 10:30 EST last night. That is a really good thing. We already had the rate in the Gazette I understand Sunday or Monday. Then we had this New Year Day in the Mesopotamian World or the Middle East world because April 1st was the first day of the New Year on the Chaldean-Babylonian calendar used in Mesopotamia. That was something we knew would be taking place in Iraq and other countries and they were able to celebrate that day as a New Year’s Day and with a new rate on their dinar which was actually out. Iraq did that on Sunday which was our April 1st and our Easter Sunday. Iraq did that and then this morning they got the budget in the printed Gazette. I think we can call Iraq done. I do believe this is it, and that needed to happen.
Bruce: What else is interesting tied into that somewhat is the banks around the world, we call them central banks, are tying into the banking system. From what I understand there is a 24 hour period since Iraq’s posting of the Gazette this morning whereby the banks around the world were readjusting or simulating to the new banking system and the new Herculean computer. I believe that is occurring now and should occur until late tonight at which time we could be available to get started. All I am telling you is this appears to be one final 24 hour period or so from what I understood today, that needs to happen in terms of the banks getting adjusted to the new system.
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