Andy Xie: An Overwhelming “Get Rich Quick” Mentality Dooms China To Endless Bubbles

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Andy Xie, Assets, Blind People, Bubbles, China, Chinese Society, Desires, Dooms, Economics, Endless Desire, Logic, Mentality, Money, Overwhelming Desire, Strata

The overwhelming desire for getting rich quick dominates every nook, fissure and strata of Chinese society. Such desires cannot be fulfilled; the terrible logic of economics is that money must circulate. Creating bubbles can temporarily blind people to this logic, as overvalued assets substitute for money to fill psychological needs. This is why, whenever conditions [...]

Most Dangerous Countries: United States and Israel Rank High

Posted by Matt in January 10th, 2010 | 3 comments

Published in Geopolitical, general, Dangerous Countries, Foreign Policy Magazine, Global Thinkers, Iran, Israel, Logic, North-Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, United States

Foreign Policy magazine recently surveyed the top 100 global thinkers, asking them to rate countries by dangerousness. The U.S. and Israel rank very high on the list.
What is the most dangerous country in the world?
1. Pakistan – 54%
2. Somalia – 10%
3. United States – 10%
4. Iran – 10%
5. Russia – 5%
6. Israel – 4%
7. North [...]

Think Again: God – By Karen Armstrong | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in October 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Atheists, Economist, Fact God, Foreign Policy, God, God Didn, God The Problem, Goverance, Karen Armstrong, Last Moment, Logic, Misery, Public Debate, Real World, Religion, Religions, Religious Beliefs, Screws, Sept 11 2001, There Is No God, White House, World Today

In 1999 the Economist announced that “God is Dead”, but now he seems to have come back to life. The Islamic attack on 9/11/2001 slightly shocked us back into the real world.
A lot of people wonder about a God who could possibly allow all the misery in the world today and yesterday. There could [...]

Brazil’s Tilt towards Chavez and Iran | The Cutting Edge News

Posted by Matt in October 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, American Friend, Big Trouble, Bolivia, Chavez, Chile, Conflict, Cutting Edge News, Deterrence, Imperial Ambitions, Iran News, Logic, Lula, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons, Peru, Roots, Sophisticated Weapons, Tilt, Venezuela, Wikipedia

Brazil’s Lula is returning to his leftist roots by tilting toward Venezuela and Iran.
If Venezuela gets nuclear weapons or the technology to produce nuclear weapons, then Bolivia will too. If Bolivia gets nuclear weapons, then Chile is in big trouble. Bolivia wasn’t land-locked until the War of the Pacific.
The War of the Pacific (Spanish: Guerra [...]

Strike on Iran Is Israel ’s Only Option

Posted by Matt in July 14th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Ambassador To The United Nations, Blogged, Control, Flock Browser, Iran Nuclear, Israel, John Bolton, Logic, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Weapon, Post Strike, Presidential Election, Regime Change, United Nations, Unrest, Washington Post

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton asserts that with Iran ’s hard-line regime still in control, Israel ’s decision on whether to attack Iran ’s nuclear facilities is “more urgent than ever.” . The unrest that followed Iran ’s disputed presidential election suggested that regime change could possibly be in the offing. [...]

Iceland: Wall Street on the Tundra

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Financial, Bankruptcy, Currency, Financial Crisis, Fishing, Global Financial Crisis, Hoarding Food, Iceland, Insurance, Krona, Led, Logic, Madness, Meltdown, New Range Rovers, People, Population, Tundra, Wall Street

Iceland’s de facto bankruptcy—its currency (the krona) is kaput, its debt is 850 percent of G.D.P., its people are hoarding food and cash and blowing up their new Range Rovers for the insurance—resulted from a stunning collective madness. What led a tiny fishing nation, population 300,000, to decide, around 2003, to re-invent itself as a [...]

American Power Is on the Wane

Posted by Matt in January 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in U.S., general, American Power, Bush Doctrine, Economic Problems, Heavy Backpack, International Terrorism, Logic, Money, Trade Deficits, Walkers

By what logic, though, should America lose more ground in the years to come than other nations, except on the vague proposition that the taller you stand, the further you fall?
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As I suggested at that time [20 years ago], a strong person, balanced and muscular, can carry an impressively heavy backpack uphill for a long [...]

Whether Europeans use mirrors

Posted by Matt in July 8th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Africans, Cambridge, Discrimination, Europe Today, European Cities, Europeans, Gypsies, Highest Appeals Court, Italy, Logic, Pakistanis, racism, Recoil, Scalia, Seatmate, Thieves

Americans would cringe at some of things going on in Europe today.
From the article.
A Cambridge-educated attorney seated next to me on a recent flight lamented seeing Pakistanis and Africans throughout Europe. Of course, “it’s not racism,” she insisted, “but as a European you just like to see European people in European cities.”
Italy’s highest appeals court [...]

Does Iran have blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead?

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Koreas, Nuclear, 10 Years, Blueprints, China, Europe, Iran, Little Trouble, Logic, Missile Technology, Missiles, New York Times, North-Korea, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistan, solid-fuel, South-Korea, Time North, Uranium, Washington Post

“U.S. officials are downplaying reports in the New York Times and Washington Post that Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan may have given Iran–and other nations–blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead first developed for his country’s program.”
Oh really! The same network that provided Iran and North Korea with the technology to enrich uranium has plans for a miniturized [...]

War Plans: United States and Iran

Posted by Matt in October 30th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Iran, U.S., War, Al-Qaeda, Attacking Iran, Backseat, Bush Administration, Counterstrikes, Decline, Disruption, Emergence, George Friedman, Going To War, Hot Topic, Islamic Centers, Islamic World, Logic, Probability, Quarters, Radicalism, Short Answer, Speculations, Terrorist Attacks

This short answer is that it’s not going to happen. America is not going to war with Iran.
By George Friedman
A possible U.S. attack against Iran has been a hot topic in the news for many months now. In some quarters it has become an article of faith that the Bush administration intends to order such [...]