tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post5142883608944309504..comments2024-03-22T05:15:17.042+02:00Comments on Sudden Debt: History Rhymes, Second StanzaHellasioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03564511281240682625noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-36857973093964613762021-05-02T02:52:31.163+03:002021-05-02T02:52:31.163+03:00problem is there are too many humans. =)problem is there are too many humans. =)a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-15838236241815507752021-05-01T17:57:31.230+03:002021-05-01T17:57:31.230+03:00Problem is, on a human scale, the numbers are so b...Problem is, on a human scale, the numbers are so big in India, that even a 1% mortality rate or a .5% rate translates into millions :( camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-43977539945808318142021-05-01T11:26:11.690+03:002021-05-01T11:26:11.690+03:00btw, give some more useful info... I was talking t...btw, give some more useful info... I was talking to a guy I know in India.<br /><br />He says that the mutant is much more infectious than the previous one but it is very much less deadly.<br /><br />By his estimates, half the people in his city are already infected... if we go by half the population being infected, the death rate in India is actually quite low (percentage terms).... and the Indians are going to obtain de-facto fully immunity very soon.<br /><br />Summary... this Indian thing may be less serious that it seems.a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-70446700832493408642021-05-01T11:04:11.548+03:002021-05-01T11:04:11.548+03:00they control the political system... we can't ...they control the political system... we can't touch that... but there is power in the people... this is a new form of strike. =)a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-22557657178478972952021-05-01T10:55:29.086+03:002021-05-01T10:55:29.086+03:00...Bezos would still be worth >10 billion....Bezos would still be worth >10 billion. camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-66527102597879506492021-05-01T10:52:07.372+03:002021-05-01T10:52:07.372+03:00Lol!, or tax them at 95% above 250 million. And no...Lol!, or tax them at 95% above 250 million. And no deductions allowed above 250 million.camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-86123411613794344562021-05-01T09:38:52.481+03:002021-05-01T09:38:52.481+03:00laugh... got me thinking.
What if we made it expe...laugh... got me thinking.<br /><br />What if we made it expensive to be rich?<br /><br />Like we have a global consensus among people. Each time Bill Gates takes a taxi, it cost him a million. Each time he cuts his hair, it cost him a billion...<br /><br />If those jokers can print money that we work hard to earn, we are in our rights to refuse their money. Wouldn't that be fun. =)a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-40454420487740398942021-04-30T17:13:42.950+03:002021-04-30T17:13:42.950+03:00...I think bad things happen to the poor simply be......I think bad things happen to the poor simply because the very condition of being poor excludes them from basic services and opportunities. It's expensive to be poor, they end up paying more for basic items. The system is designed to work for the rich; but for the poor, not really. camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-64602795180136147052021-04-30T17:09:03.142+03:002021-04-30T17:09:03.142+03:00:( oh no, Mexico City has massive urban poverty, n...:( oh no, Mexico City has massive urban poverty, not different at all! But, re: Covid, the population is more proactive now taking more preventive measures. Or who knows why, but the hospitalization and infection rates are now lower. camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-43359308451492881202021-04-30T10:52:49.165+03:002021-04-30T10:52:49.165+03:00aye... somehow the wrath of God always seems to la...aye... somehow the wrath of God always seems to land on the poor.<br /><br />i always loved the traditional protestant answer to that. bad things happen to the poor because they deserve it. Else why would god make them poor?<br /><br />guess the Brazilians must have been really bad people.<br /><br />btw, why is Mexico city different. Because it is richer (and thus more righteous)?a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-68924337210026658682021-04-30T07:38:12.751+03:002021-04-30T07:38:12.751+03:00I'm in Mexico City where Covid is now relative...I'm in Mexico City where Covid is now relatively under control akoc. But the issues that the article brings to light are spot on imo. Big inequality has always been a problem, and Covid exposed it even more... it's impossible to tell a street vendor or subsistence wage worker to stay at home for long periods of time. camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-51221860338610144652021-04-30T06:25:28.153+03:002021-04-30T06:25:28.153+03:00Hi Camabron,
Was reading a new-york times article...Hi Camabron,<br /><br />Was reading a new-york times article about the virus in Latin America. Would you say this is accurate? An exaggeration? or not as bad as it sounds?<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Chicken<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/world/americas/covid-latin-america.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepagea kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-20487966356070385462021-04-25T05:12:30.842+03:002021-04-25T05:12:30.842+03:00Dear Anon,
Was thinking of what you said. There i...Dear Anon,<br /><br />Was thinking of what you said. There is some truth in it... especially the need for a better system. However, it is not good to mix arguments with heavy nationalism. This is a house of many nations. While it is understood that each favors his own, it is impolite to write strictly from that view-point.<br /><br />The U.S.?... They are an exception because they built the current system and Hell is our host. =)<br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Chickena kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-54631038290690260682021-04-24T09:13:25.772+03:002021-04-24T09:13:25.772+03:00there is still much to learn from the west... let ...there is still much to learn from the west... let us seek to learn rather than teach, seek to understand rather than preach.a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-13348714921400790602021-04-24T07:53:49.349+03:002021-04-24T07:53:49.349+03:00There ought to be another better system going forw...There ought to be another better system going forward. The Western one has done many good things in recent history but is a relatively new one. It has also shown that it is not sustainable unless it reforms structurally which is almost impossible under the current setup. It may be time to look East to places like China and learn the good ways while discarding the bad ones. But alas, the western hubris is too strong at the moment and is preventing such logical thinking. Short of war, hypocrisy and unsavory tactics to contain other rising powers, the US is devoid of any long-term strategy to break out of its predicament. It is akin to a sinking titanic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-39883706077640185662021-04-24T02:25:04.231+03:002021-04-24T02:25:04.231+03:00yeah... let the dice fly... =)yeah... let the dice fly... =)a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-50398066132329133642021-04-23T22:56:17.995+03:002021-04-23T22:56:17.995+03:00...when there's a retrace it goes straight dow......when there's a retrace it goes straight down, and when it rebounds it goes straight up, plus some. camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-2679760597140485212021-04-23T22:51:03.516+03:002021-04-23T22:51:03.516+03:00The bullishness on the S&P500 index out there ...The bullishness on the S&P500 index out there is just amazing. It's like a paradigm shift upward repricing, with markets stuck upward. camabronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024146459457965038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-85971356576365556052021-04-23T11:59:13.924+03:002021-04-23T11:59:13.924+03:00Man does not pursue money... he pursues aid to the...Man does not pursue money... he pursues aid to the community around him and recognition for that aid. Money is the measure by which we as a community recognize his contribution.<br /><br />What than does it mean if we reward people with money for things that do not aid our community. What does it mean if we print money. Until the pursuit of the best things in our community is now considered so evil that money is now the root of all evil.<br /><br />What happens if we glorify the evil by calling it good? The bible makes sense now.<br /><br />Woe unto you who call good evil and evil good. a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-78933994026941105102021-04-23T11:28:43.891+03:002021-04-23T11:28:43.891+03:00the stock market crashes... the buildings stand, t...the stock market crashes... the buildings stand, the people are still there... yet men starve to death...<br /><br />Japan was bombed flat... the male population wiped out, yet the country rose like a phoenix.<br /><br />In the world of men, ideas rule over material... or do they?a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-31355471252045087312021-04-23T11:25:15.957+03:002021-04-23T11:25:15.957+03:00laugh... and the fact that the question has yet to...laugh... and the fact that the question has yet to be answered means sometimes yes, sometimes no?a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-66358378672290697532021-04-23T10:55:12.157+03:002021-04-23T10:55:12.157+03:00A rose by any other name,
Is it still a rose?A rose by any other name,<br />Is it still a rose?Hellasioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564511281240682625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-37546216948045407222021-04-23T06:23:10.749+03:002021-04-23T06:23:10.749+03:00there blossoms in the dark a rose,
red are its pet...there blossoms in the dark a rose,<br />red are its petals,<br />green is its stem,<br />but who can see the colors of the dark.a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-53841908141783357822021-04-22T16:45:43.251+03:002021-04-22T16:45:43.251+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.a kind of chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973151064533654331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102429195693595750.post-41675515847022096322021-04-22T13:31:19.313+03:002021-04-22T13:31:19.313+03:00They are not allowed for US residents, but the vas...They are not allowed for US residents, but the vast majority of funds etc are incorporated abroad in tax havens anyway.Hellasioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564511281240682625noreply@blogger.com