Which country would you want to invest in? How do you know which countries would have the best return or growth?
First, look for a strengthening currency relative to other countries. Notice a correlation between the strength of the currency and the GDP growth rate? That’s because a rising currency means that people are expecting growth.
Watch the foreign currency exchange market, but use it as a gauge, not an investment tool unless you know exactly what your doing.
How the hell did I miss this? Absolutely frickin’ spectacular. I love this man. He has so much damn charm and intelligence. If I were rich, I’d want to be just like Ted Turner.
Watch this video on this page.
He gave them all what they really wanted to hear. That we were all going to die and nobody can do anything to stop it, oh no. As if some people need confirmation on that bleak forecast ;).
Futurama Super Happy Fun Show on DeviantART is a really awesome tribute to my generation’s adornment of Futurama and all things that make us laugh. There are still a few episodes I haven’t seen from way back, but my DVR is quickly catching me up.
Why do people allow others to rule over them despite constantly disagreeing with political agendas? Is being an American, a Canadian, a New Zealand Kiwi more or less important than a South African? Are American politicians, corrupt as they may be, actually guided by the invisible hand to guard my best interests because that in turn guards theres?
These are questions that Olson attempts to answer in his Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development article. Many things are implied or assumed that the reader will understand, and it would be to a reader’s advantage to examine the document closely and read it twice. While reading, ask yourself: “What has to be true for this to be possible?”.
The article explains the difference between roving bandits and stationary bandits. Before there were stationary bandits (dictators, presidents) there were roving bandits that would pillage communities and take from them what they wanted. The roving bandits eventually had a revelation and understood that they could get more from communities if they resided over them continuously and looked out after their well being and protected them. This so called monopolization of force enabled the stationary bandit to extract more money from these communities because the people had an incentive to work. The citizens knew that the bandit would protect them from other bandits.
I urge any student of politics or anybody interested in what is responsible for our current state to inspect the document.
Here is a link to the PDF for your inspection:
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554(199309)87:3%3C567:DDAD%3E2.0.CO;2-H
If A, then B.
A.
So, B.
If A, then B.
Not B.
So, not A.
If A, then B.
If B, then C.
So, if A, then C.
Either A or B.
Not A.
So, B.
Either A or B.
If A, then C.
If B, then D.
So, either C or D.
If A, then B.
Not A.
So, not B.
If A, then B.
B.
So, A.
I was recently asked what “Off the chain” meant at an event. I regretted that I did not have an answer. My response was that I was too white to understand what it meant. I searched for a more suitable answer to this question. It actually refers to a slave who has escaped confinement or has been freed from the chains of oppression. It can also refer to a worker who has left the chain of the assembly line and is out having fun.
I always assumed that an African American had created the phrase recently. I can see how someone who understands what it means may take insult by a white person using it in a certain way.
It does prompt me to inspect the roots of other African American vernaculars so that I can properly identify exactly what someone may be saying and understand what contexts may be off limits for me to use.
Here is a reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/off_the_chain
It’s Alright, It’s Alright
Everything is ok
Remember JFK, he tried to lead … tried to lead the way.
But, he was blown away … on a sunny day.
It’s a sad, sad story (2x)
Well I wonder, is she on the phone.
Well I wonder, is she all alone.
It’s a sad, sad story (2x)
It’s alright, it’s alright, everything is ok
Remember MLK, he tried to lead … he tried to lead the way.
But, he was blown away in the morning rain.
It’s a sad, sad story (2x)
Remember honest Abe, he tried to lead … he tried to lead the way.
But, he was blown away, while he was watching a play.
It’s a sad, sad story (2x)
It’s alright, it’s alright.
Everything is ok.
Friday, in my Introduction to Political Science class, we began talking about the issue of abortion. My professor said that women should lead the debate in abortion because men cannot possibly understand the issue, because it involves mainly a woman’s body. I made a sort of counter argument by stating that my father was adopted and he has enjoyed his life, and I enjoy my life. I see myself as a pro-lifer by personal experience. I think abortion is wrong, but understand that in certain situations it should be allowed, but not as a method of birth control.
This seems like a good cadence to sing when at a double time:
Our Sergeant-Major jumped from 40,000 feet (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more
And the Lord said
Glory, glory what a hell of a way to die (3X)
When your balls hang lower than your paratrooper boots
And he ain’t gonna jump no more
He was the last to leave the plane, the first to hit the ground (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more
He landed on the runway like a blob of strawberry jam (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more
They scraped him off the runway with a little silver spoon (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more
They put him in a matchbox and they sent him home to Mom (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more
They put him on the mantelpiece for everyone to see (3X)
And he ain’t gonna jump no more
