2011-06-07, 14:13 | Link #14061 | |
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Obama pledges cooperation in euro debt crisis
Holy sh*t...... How can an indebted economy help another indebted economy? What the hell? Any of you Americans or Europeans made your "evil plan" yet? Quote:
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2011-06-07, 14:24 | Link #14062 | |
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as for my evil pan. Buy a lot of property not for short term flip but as long term investment with the renters paying for the cost of me owning.
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2011-06-07, 18:29 | Link #14063 |
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Deputies investigate tip of bodies buried in Texas
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...06-07-19-13-05
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2011-06-08, 01:43 | Link #14064 | |
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Trophy will not counter an attack, only defect the agressor charge not the agressor itself (Iron dome can be used to track back the agressor, and I think it could even neutralize it). By this definition if he was implying the Trophy system is similar to the system in the news article (which I was claiming works in laboratory conditions and is prone for friendly fire in the field) its like comparing apples with pears.
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2011-06-08, 02:10 | Link #14065 | ||
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That is only an exchange of toxic assets! But I would say the European debt is more toxic than US's because the PIGS aren't doing anything to their economy - they are way too dependent on tourism than manufacturing.
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If I have money, I am thinking of buying a building near a place of religious significance, then renting it out to worshippers. There, almost free money, and the tenants only appear after work or on Sunday. Quote:
Only traders would for short-term profits because the volumes swing alot due to current events of currency (alliterative pun unintended). The Euro and USD are bound to go bust in the long term along with their bonds. No matter how a debt is restructured, the bonds backing it are still worthless unless something is done to the economy and the way the currency is being made. Hopefully Germany goes back to using the Deutschmark because it would be a shame to see a working prudent economy collapse due to a shared currency.
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2011-06-08, 02:16 | Link #14066 | |
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2011-06-08, 02:27 | Link #14067 | |
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It is the trust in the currency that makes people willing to accept it - printing more is useless when people don't trust the assets backing it up. My theory is that, people are short-sighted when it comes to image, thus their trust is often misplaced and hence the small group of winners in the world of trading and investing. Here is an interesting article that supports my point : low risk ventures, which are built on prudence and accountability, often generate more stable returns than high-risk ventures built on air. The bond is only a promise. If it is a first tier bond (i.e coming directly from a relationship of a commodities business and a lender WITHOUT a third party buying up any of the debt/bond), it would still be considered to have some value. But when it has changed hands and sold for another amount of borrowed money (like what most bonds are now), it is worthless. Simple business finance would have said that the prime and risk interest snowballed into the hands of the purchaser would have made the bond overvalued, so why are national banks still using the capital from the clients' savings to invest in that pile of junk?
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2011-06-08, 03:41 | Link #14068 | |
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it both takes out the incoming missile, AND targets the missiles origin point on the BMS, allowing the tank crew to aim at them with one push of a button. thats part of its appeal, as RPG and ATGM teams are often difficult to locate, and Trophy does this automatically. Iron dome on the other hand, knocks down the incoming rocket or missile, as well as detect their origin point and mark it on the BMS, but the system itself has no offensive capabilities. it just shoots down rockets. Trophy is probably closer to the subject of the article then Iron dome is, seeing as Trophy is designed to be mounted on a single AFV while Iron dome is an entire missile battery.
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2011-06-08, 03:48 | Link #14069 |
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Crews try to keep flames from reaching Ariz. towns
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...06-08-04-04-21
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2011-06-08, 07:48 | Link #14070 |
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Aircraft carrier symbol of China's naval ambitions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13693495 The news it self is nothing new. But the video is certainly something to watch. The fact that they get the detailed video footage in such simple way is borderline on comical. |
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And that is what I am worried about. If the superiors I am going to work with think like that, and are so numerical results oriented like McNamara (see the M16 rifle Vietnam disaster for details, but don't get me wrong, I respected him he made quite a number of good analyses) and his whiz kids, that what for am I going into the field of Economics and Finance? I seriously don't know if I made the wrong choice in my studies because Keynesian and Neoclassical economics are starting to make Thomas Malthus look like a sage within a horde of fake professors. Quote:
Currency has always been inflated thanks to ARMs - especially the adjustable rates part. The real problem is the institution of lending and borrowing - before even lending, why not do a background check first? Quote:
I talked to a friend with regards to the Varyag - he said that the aircraft carriers are built to wrest control of Taiwan from NATO and secure a trade monopoly along the East Asia straits. They already have Hong Kong, and they would probably want Taiwan next. I don't know how much of that is true since the PLA never say anything much about their military other than show it off.
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2011-06-08, 09:24 | Link #14074 | |
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I still don't know why they are fighting over that stretch, must have been some geologists mapping that there is gas. It would be hilarious to see them drill into stone and lava instead of oil whichever winner start tapping that area. Quote:
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People behave like a bunch of sheep, but sheep can be different based on their rearing, whether a girl, a dog or both are used to herd them (or a puppygirl but that is another issue). Many businesses fail because they imitated too much without improvising on their own, and that is what I am worried about SEA, especially China, is getting into because most of the businesses aren't innovations but direct copies. Quote:
But the stupid thing started when a dickwad came up with the idea of selling bonds on the stock exchanges - the people buying them there has no idea whether if the person attached to the bond is going to default and make that bond worthless overnight; even worse is that fund managers in foreign banks and brokerages add the bonds into their portfolios. And guess where the fund managers' capital comes from? Yes, hardworking, clueless and not-as-well educated like parents of yours and mine. It is going to suck more when their kids are still not out of school yet - entire futures are just ruined like that. Even worse is the psychological countereffect it has as lay-people stop trading or investing due to the fear generated - because stock exchanges increase the availability of goods, and in turn influence the liquidity of money worldwide, cash is going to get colder and it could hurt international trade. EDIT : NSFW Sankaku : JSDF Spherical Drone “We Bought Most of the Parts in Akiba” Quote:
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2011-06-08, 11:13 | Link #14077 | |
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2011-06-08, 11:17 | Link #14078 | ||
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2011-06-08, 11:22 | Link #14079 | |
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Actually the market have been dropping like a rock. i am guessing the housing price will drop to 2009 level by the end of the year. I got both the cash and the credit score, gotta to take advantage of a downturn like this to make some money.
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2011-06-08, 12:10 | Link #14080 | |
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Not a bad prototype design actually, more durable looking than the very breakable looking drones we often see.
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