Before a liberal comes forward and starts campaigning for some givaway program they should have expended every financia resource at their disposal. If not how much do they really believe what they are saying ? Not much ! Thus the following equation applies: Liberal + Rich = hypocrit If you know the realities of physics and then later human nature….you can always spot the liars. Liberal + You = You – YourMoney = AFoolAndHisMoney
Alot of people have been making the argument to me lately that the dollar is losing its reserve currency status. In the long term that may or may not be true. The problem is that if you go elsewhere in the world you will see that other governments are filled with horny ally cat politicians that have even less checks on their powers. Thus its hard for me to see the other currencies as worthy of reserve status.  Thus if the dollar falls and you have alot of them and you want to flee where do you go?  Gold is pretty but Read more…
Exerpt below from Tax Avoider Arty Lichtenstein, a landlocked alpine principality with just 35,000 citizens, has made a name for itself as a discreet tax haven. Bordered by Switzerland to its west and by Austria to its east, Lichtenstein is one of the few countries in the world with more registered companies than citizens and has, like Switzerland, laws that protect bank customers from outside governments. That irritates Germany’s conservatives. “It’s simply unacceptable to have tax havens in Europe that encourage capital flight and incite tax fraud,” Ronald Pofalla, a senior conservative, told a Berlin news conference. “We must ensure that Read more…
From the second page of an arty about Fidel Castro transferring power in Cuba to his brother: For Raúl, any economic opening also poses dangers. One of the reasons Fidel disliked private property is that it reduced his political control over Cubans. It is hard for people to rebel against the government when it is the country’s sole employer. Allowing greater private enterprise could alleviate the chronic shortages of basic items, but would also make Cubans less dependent on the regime. Sound familiar ? – Its why Social Security has not been privatized in the USA. Its why politicians, particularly the Read more…
I have tried using Alibaba and it seems to be scammish. I list something to sell and I get people emailing me trying to sell me the same sort of thing. When I ask for estimates to buy items in bulk direct from China I get estimates that are HIGHER than retail ! Where’s the magic in Alibaba ??? I am more than a little stumped!
Ebay recently changed their feedback policies so that sellers can not place negative feedback on buyers. I assume thus you only get a choice of positive and neutral. This will cripple the ebay feedback system and really limit is effectivity. In the long term I am absolutely certain its a step that will be reversed. I want to suggest we quicken this reversal with a method that hurts them the most and sellers the least. In response alot of sellers have been trying to stir up a boycott of ebay. The problem with this is that the sellers need ebay too Read more…
If the woman fainting at the Obama rallys are not being paid to fake it then it is very highly probably not very attractive. Being on the ugly side would probably be very generous at that. Here’s a video that makes my point for me of the fainting goats of the obama rallys.     Â
I love portuguese. When I found these common phrases I called a brazilian friend to help me pronounce. Vocabulário e expressões coloquiais populares no Brasil e seus equivalentes nos EUA: Essa “pequenina” lisstinha…foi minha amiga fofa Tabatha q me enviou…. Obrigada Tatha…..com certeza vai ser muito util p/ todas nos…rsrs . One for the road = A saideira . The worst-case scenario = A pior das hipóteses . To give something up = Abrir mão de algo . To hit the nail on the head = Acertar em cheio . Come what may = Aconteça o que acontecer . After all = Afinal Read more…
It is simply not that good. I watched it during my last stay in Brazil. Its story is takes an odd detour half way through. It could have been so much better with a better story. They used the same sort of camera techniques and splits in the sequence that Cidade de Deus used. However Cidade de Deus was much much better. You’ll need to know portuguese to watch them! unless you have subtitles. And by the way…the Germans tried to say it was a film about Police corruption. Of course yet another holier than thou Germanic European with their socialist Read more…