2012/5/16-7/20 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:54390 Activity:nil | 5/16 Can anyone tell me what Greece is hoping for by rejecting austerity?
From here it seems like the austerity is a pretty generous attempt
to keep Greece from imploding entirely. Are they hoping the
Germans will put them on eternal state welfare, or what?
Also, why would an outright default mean they must leave the Euro?
Is it just that they won't be able to pay basic gvmt services
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2012/6/1-7/20 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:54407 Activity:nil | 6/1 There is a lot of panic. Euro. Greece. Unemployment. GDP.
VIX is up. That means one thing: BUY BUY BUY!!!
\_ Eh, I'm not sure we're at BUY BUY BUY yet.
\_ Eh, I'm not sure we're at BUY BUY BUY yet. I think
things may still go lower from here. 1280 was my target
before that jobs report.
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2010/5/8-26 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:53823 Activity:nil | 5/8 What was up with Greece of all things affecting the market?
\_ I'm not sure why, but I guess a Greek collapse could screw
up the Euro as a currency.
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2009/9/14-21 [Politics/Domestic/Immigration, Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:53361 Activity:nil | 9/14 Does anyone have the controversial book Bell Curve? I know
it has the political incorrect [and perhaps flawed] data that
shows certain race have higher IQ than other race and I'm
wondering how smart Russians are relative to white Americans
and East Orientals. I can't seem to Google for this information.
The only thing I got is the following:
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2009/4/21-23 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:52884 Activity:kinda low | 4/20 Ok, I am not a Jew hater. In fact, most of my so-called "white"
friends turned out to be Jews. And I am fortunate to have
opportunity to work with whole bunch Israelis and working with them
has been an absolute pleasure. HOWEVER, I just failed to understand
why people got offended by the speech by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In my
relatively neutral point of view (I am an Asian), most of what he
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2009/2/21-25 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:52618 Activity:nil | 2/21 So, European AC is 220 (2 round prongs), and my American dryer takes
220, right? Now, I'm pretty sure it's not a good idea to plug a
European appliance into my dryer's power outlet, but I'm not really
sure why. Is it just the 50hz vs 60hz problem?
\_ I think it would work fine, actually.
\_ most dryer sold in USA only takes 110V, and 220 outlet will
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