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03-17-15 00:09 #393
Posts: 94Originally Posted by Jackson [View Original Post]
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03-16-15 22:30 #392
Posts: 902015, The Year of the American Traveler
Originally Posted by RevBS [View Original Post]
Personally I'd wait until Greece leaves or is kicked out of the Euro monetary union. The new drachma is likely going to be much cheaper than the Euro, if it is still standing. And Greece has got better weather, beaches, historical monuments and food!
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03-16-15 19:22 #391
Posts: 3510Originally Posted by RevBS [View Original Post]
http://www.oanda.com/currency/historical-rates/
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03-16-15 16:14 #390
Posts: 2556
Venues: 398Originally Posted by RevBS [View Original Post]
Rev, I'm going to start calling you out on this racist hate-speech every time I see it.
Enough is enough.
Thanks,
Jax.
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03-13-15 22:05 #389
Posts: 1017The South, the South!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/..._mapped_them_f
Or the Bible Belt as it is also known. Now I am not going to claim I know anything about the South. Other than a couple of visits fo Texas, Louisiana and Florida.
Much more slow drawn, friendlier, poorer. Bar-be-Q, NASCAR, Confederate flags. Stereotyping here.
You would think family would be supremely important?
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03-12-15 18:38 #388
Posts: 1017Travellers Alert
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/...t_the_u_s.html
2015, The Year of the American Traveler.
If you are not collecting welfare, then you are in luck with seeing the world, particularly Europe. Never has the Euro been this low since it was introduced in 1999. Whilst it is still not quite the Vietnamese Dong yet, you should take advantage of this crisis to see Europe. Avoid the trendy cities like Rome or Paris and expensive countries like Switzerland and Scandinavia, and you will have the time of your life. Go to Latvia, Estonia or Serbia and Albania. Or even Turkey for getting the most value out of your dollar.
But why should I go to these countries, I might as well as go to Detroit!! Because it will open your eyes, and improve your perspective. And because it is 2015, not 1927. You got that?
Never have I seen international airfares with so much value. And the European budget airlines have fares that seem cheaper than buses. Americans travel extensively, but going to places like Cabo San Lucas and the Bahamas, and you end up more stupid than before you went. And pretending to be high rollers playing golf in Hawaii and and the Caribbean only put Americans into more credit indebtedness.
Anyway, just enjoy, you will never have it so good for the rest of your life.
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03-05-15 08:57 #387
Posts: 1017Drill, baby, drill!
http://trove.com/a/Decades-of-human-...el-head%5B1%5D
Humanity given enough time will ultimately destroy their environment & themselves. Why so? Because of the inability to understand the "Greater Good" concept. So now Mt Everest is a cesspool. But who cares.
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02-28-15 22:33 #386
Posts: 1017Putin vows to find killers!
http://www2.bangkokpost.com/news/gen...heories-abound
What a joke! Great abestos salesman.
Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian opposition party leader, convicted on sodomy charges had his appeal denied by the Supreme Court and sentenced to 5 years prison. Already 67 years old, it kind of put him onto pasture. And the list goes on with ruling governments running over opposition parties & leaders.
But top of the list is the thug, Vladimir Putin. Within some AP circles, he is admired for his strongman antics as he is portray as wagging Obama's tail. Nothing could be further from the truth. Some Russians are having to eat borscht now with no cabbage. And Pattaya's economy is suffering heart palpitations from the absence of Russians overnight, rudely interrupted by Obama's sleight of hand.
Yes, the trash talks continues about Obama's foreign policy. Muslims killing Christians! Read some real history, man. That Foxy propaganda, sensationalized for ratings, nothing else.
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02-11-15 20:08 #385
Posts: 2470No World for Warren Zevon
Originally Posted by RevBS [View Original Post]
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02-11-15 16:18 #384
Posts: 1017Household debt keeps Thailand a sick man
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/...-asia-sick-man
The corporate virus has been spreading for quite a few decades now, and the tipping point has arrived in Thailand. More malls are sprouting along Sukhumvit Road and elsewhere. Some call it progress & development, but is it really? Escalators & air-conditioning are nice, so are better toilet facilities. Other than that, who needs all the junk in the stores. Dehumanization & popular culture are its main features. And then there is the illusion that life is better just because you are on Facebook and have a Coach bag.
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01-30-15 15:40 #383
Posts: 1657Okay. Now I'm. Just trolling.
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01-30-15 15:39 #382
Posts: 1657First of all. This thread is USA & world economics. So that is what I'm trying to discuss. Second of all the rouble comment was rather tongue-in-cheek. I didn't expect anyone to bite. I'd discuss it but it would take a much longer post. And if you're Russian you must be fifth column or a navalny acolyte. Because very few people in Russia dislike Putin. The more those nato eurocrats attack him, the more his electorate supports him.
You can say what you want about the guy but the numbers speak for themselves. I'm talking economic facts here not biased personal opinions.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadom...n-with-the-g7/
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01-30-15 14:29 #381
Posts: 132Originally Posted by BadMan [View Original Post]
I certainly don't hate Russia. I AM Russian and my history and opinions regarding Russia are way too complicated and personal to post here (other than the sweeping generalizations I made below). Hate is too broad of a statement in any case. I loved (most) of the people I met during the course of my 30 trips there. And though I appreciate your offer to engage in what I'm sure would be a lively discussion of the "south stream and turk stream projects, their geopolitical implications for Europe Eurasia Nato the GCC etc. ", I'm on vacation in this beautifully fucked up city, and I have about a million things I'd rather do. You obviously know your shit, and I respect you for that. But engaging with you on an academic level would take way too much time / energy. And that's a dig on me, as I was the one who quoted a two week old post. I'd rather just let it go. Peace!
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01-30-15 00:40 #380
Posts: 1657There are too many holes in your off topic reply to even try to begin to correct. Also your rant had nothing to do with the thread title. It just seemed like you were venting about your hate for Russians.
Ill be happy to discuss the actual facts of the south stream and turk stream projects, their geopolitical implications for Europe Eurasia Nato the GCC etc. That, energy politics, and the ongoing currency wars are the most important political topics of this decade.
Non factual subjective emotional rants aren't exactly what I had in mind.
Maybe I should have qualified my statement by saying a " factual knowledge based " opinion or argument.
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01-29-15 17:42 #379
Posts: 132Then don't ask for opinions on a public forum.
The Russian Ruble will continue to loose value, as it did today and as it did yesterday, until such time as the price of oil stabilizes. I liked what you wrote. But every time Russia gains a bit of political momentum, and their economy starts to rebound, they find a way to screw it up. I lived there long enough to know this.
Originally Posted by BadMan [View Original Post]
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